Dashcams and speeding

[ninjag]

Thought it worth a mention to save anyone getting done, but it seems that dashcam footage can be used to calculate speed and prosecute. Very surprising considering the police need calibrated and Home Office approved equipment, but here's a few links. I'm guessing it will only be the worst offenders that the police will bother pursuing, but it's pretty damn easy to go well above the speed limit. I knew about the NextBase portal and Operation Snap for bad driving, but now it seems speeding can be included.

Dangerous driver caught on camera travelling 140mph

The BMW driver was travelling at double the legal speed limit

www.walesonline.co.uk

‘Drive like you’re being filmed,’ warn expert video analysts following latest dashcam conviction| Road Safety Support

A Tesla driver who narrowly missed another vehicle while overtaking at speed with his daughter in the car received a suspended jail sentence and was ordered to carry out 100 hours’ unpaid work after the offence was captured on a dashcam. David Evans was also disqualified from driving for 18...

www.roadsafetysupport.co.uk

 

[quattrogone]

If I had a dash cam I'd use it to prosecute the rider of the cyclist that looked over his should at me and then proceeded to swerve straight out in front of the van I was driving to then sit beside his mate whilst going slowly up hill.....f4ck1ng tw4t made it impossible for me to overtake and he knew it!

 

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[quattrogone]

What a ****!