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Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on October 14, 2014 at 6:54am

Its a very smart approach.  If you look at the stats, you often find that IF the bicyclist dies, with very rate exceptions its always "all" the bicyclist's fault.  That's because often the only "voice" speaking is that of the driver.    In the horrible situation that the bicyclist dies, at least this provides an alternate voice.  

On the other hand, if you are a "bad bicyclist" this could very well provide significant evidence as to your misbehavior.   For example, if the camera shows that you have ignored every light, stop sign and directional arrow, then the claim by the Sr. Citizen that he was in the middle of the cross walk when he was hit (as opposed to stepping out from the middle of no where) takes on more life.  

So if you ride correctly, its great.  if not,.... ugh not so much

 

Permalink Reply by The Korn on October 14, 2014 at 7:05am

Every time I ride I use the camera on my phone as a dash cam.  Between that and mapmyride, uses about 25% of my battery power per hour.  Quality is great during the day, at night it's not great but not useless either.

Permalink Reply by Rich S on October 14, 2014 at 7:06am

I got a Contour Roam2 about a month or so ago for that exact reason. Also to record fun rides and snowboarding! If there are no witnesses and it's your word against theirs then there is some documentation. Or if the collision is severe enough that you don't remember what happened. 

I was leaning towards getting one for over a year and 2 incidents within 2 days pushed me to finally get one. First was seeing another rider get hit by a car 20 feet in front of me on Elston and North. Second was a friend of mine getting hit by a car. 

And to David's point ... I'm proud to say that my riding style hasn't really changed much if at all since I started recording my commutes.