[Gllug] CarCam (OT)

[Xander D Harkness]

David Irvine wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 17:29, Chris Bell wrote:
> 
>>On Mon 17 Mar, Mick Farmer wrote:
>>
>>>Dear John,
>>>
>>>When I used to drive, I kept a cheap automatic camera in the
>>>glove compartment and when an incident occurred, just got
>>>out of the car and started photographing.  That would
>>>certainly be more variable than just two fixed-view cameras
>>>and associated electronics.
>>>
>>
>>   I have done similar, the other person tends to go very quiet when you
>>start to take photographs, not just of the final position of vehicles but
>>also the other person, any skid marks, etc.
> 
> I take one of the driver standing with the car in the background, to
> prove they were there, one of the whole scene, ie where the cars ended
> up, a close up of the obvious damage to both vehicles, any skidmarks,
> and if the car has any modifications to it, a photo of that too, since
> your supposed to notify your insurance if you do anything, and most boy
> racers don't it acts as good leverage if they try to twist it.
> 
> Also, I keep a form in the car which has details of the other car like
> reg, chassis number, driver, license number, time, place, damage, and
> one for admitting fault. It basically says
> 
> I $driver admit fault for $accident at $time.
Anyone signing this will invalidate their insurance; hence you may end 
up with someone signing the form and then not being able to get any 
money from them :-)

Check the small print, all will have clauses preventing admission of 
liability.

Have fun.

Xander
> 
> HTH
> 
> David
> 
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