Perhaps this has already been invented; the technology already exists.
I would love to have a small, handle-bar mounted, video camera recording to perhaps a flash memory. It would save a continuous loop of at least 10 minutes duration with a stop button to save the last 2 minutes of video. Reasonable resolution to capture the registration number would be more important than duration of recording.
Then, when the idiots cut you up, knock you off or just generally give you dogs abuse you have them on camera, complete with their registration number. If its bad enough (and it often is) you have something to go to the police/their employer with.
Does this exist? If not, if anyone can make one the right side of 100 pounds they have my money.
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Perhaps this has already been invented; the technology already exists.
I would love to have a small, handle-bar mounted, video camera recording to perhaps a flash memory. It would save a continuous loop of at least 10 minutes duration with a stop button to save the last 2 minutes of video. Reasonable resolution to capture the registration number would be more important than duration of recording.
Then, when the idiots cut you up, knock you off or just generally give you dogs abuse you have them on camera, complete with their registration number. If its bad enough (and it often is) you have something to go to the police/their employer with.
Does this exist? If not, if anyone can make one the right side of 100 pounds they have my money.
Someone on this group rigged one up a few months ago and posted the clip here. It was a time lapse trip through some home counties town IIRC.
Google for the thread "Cycling at 1300 kph" 20 OCT 04
Perhaps this has already been invented; the technology already exists.
I would love to have a small, handle-bar mounted, video camera recording to perhaps a flash memory. It would save a continuous loop of at least 10 minutes duration with a stop button to save the last 2 minutes of video. Reasonable resolution to capture the registration number would be more important than duration of recording.
I read somewhere over the weekend, Velo Vision?, of a helmet mountable radio camera---you can stick the recording bit in a bag. Not sure it would be under 100 though.
Someone on this group rigged one up a few months ago and posted the clip here. It was a time lapse trip through some home counties town IIRC.
Google for the thread "Cycling at 1300 kph" 20 OCT 04
That's the general idea. A user friendly version is what I would be interested in. There must be a market for this. -- Bob Downie Downie GeoScience Ltd. please remove #n0spam# to reply directly
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Someone on this group rigged one up a few months ago and posted the clip here. It was a time lapse trip through some home counties town IIRC.
Google for the thread "Cycling at 1300 kph" 20 OCT 04
That's the general idea. A user friendly version is what I would be interested in. There must be a market for this.
You can buy flash-memory based video cams for £50 and up. I dont know if any of them have a 'continuous loop' recording mode though. Message copied to uk.rec.video.digital maybe someone there knows if there is a cheap video cam that will record on an endless loop, eg whatever fits in the memory, say the last 5 or 10 minutes or so, and keep going until the battery runs out?
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You can buy flash-memory based video cams for £50 and up. I dont knowif any of them have a 'continuous loop' recording mode though. Message copied to uk.rec.video.digital maybe someone there knows if there is a cheap video cam that will record on an endless loop, eg whatever fitsin the memory, say the last 5 or 10 minutes or so, and keep going until the battery runs out?
This would rapidly trash most flash memories, which have a large but finite number of write cycles.
This would rapidly trash most flash memories, which have a large but finite number of write cycles.
The limit is usually around 100,000 cycles for modern flash media. Assuming a 10 minute loop, you could record continuously for 2 years before the media died, and that's assuming you left it on all the time, 24/7.
Even when it did wear out, a replacement flash card won't cost much.
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You can buy flash-memory based video cams for £50 and up. I dont know if any of them have a 'continuous loop' recording mode though. Message copied to uk.rec.video.digital maybe someone there knows if there is a cheap video cam that will record on an endless loop, eg whatever fits in the memory, say the last 5 or 10 minutes or so, and keep going until the battery runs out?
This would rapidly trash most flash memories, which have a large but finite number of write cycles.
For value of rapidly which in the range of years I suspect. For example, IIRC, write cycles are in the region of 100k and upwards write cycles per bit. So if you had 5 minutes of memory to write to(just a guess) that is 500,000 minutes or 8,000+ hours of recording. At 8 hours a day that is 3 years. Or more like 12 years if you did 2 hours cycling per day.
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Then, when the idiots cut you up, knock you off or just generally give you dogs abuse you have them on camera, complete with their registration number. If its bad enough (and it often is) you have something to go to the police/their employer with.
Would it be acceptable as evidence. I suspect that if speed cameras are invalid without motorists being warned of their presence then the same might possibly apply to your idea.
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I would love to have a small, handle-bar mounted, video camera
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to perhaps a flash memory. It would save a continuous loop of at
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10 minutes duration with a stop button to save the last 2 minutes of video. Reasonable resolution to capture the registration number would
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more important than duration of recording.
istr a glasses mounted cam which recorded to flash memory with aremote switch to save the preceeding 30 seconds or so. It was either on slashdot or Neet To Know or somewheer like that, within the last six months I think
Would it be acceptable as evidence. I suspect that if speed cameras are invalid without motorists being warned of their presence then the same might possibly apply to your idea.
Possibly not, though I am sure if the abuse is flagrant enough, the police at the very least would have to speak to the driver in question. That in itself would give some satisfaction.
On the other hand, the worst perpetrators in my experience are professional drivers such as taxis, vans and buses. The drivers of these might not welcome their driving misdemeanours being emailed to their bosses (as well as local press, TV, MP, God etc). -- Bob Downie Downie GeoScience Ltd. please remove #n0spam# to reply directly
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:22:32 +0000, Bob Downie <Bob_news@downie-geo.#n0spam#co.uk> wrote:
Would it be acceptable as evidence. I suspect that if speed cameras are invalid without motorists being warned of their presence then the same might possibly apply to your idea.
I don't see why not as long as the quality is good enough. It's not being used as the sole evidence, but rather supporting your account of what happened. AIUI the police now routinely make video recordings for evidential purposes, both in patrol cars and the police station. Sniper?
