Only w/ the suction cup holding it to the windshield :(; not the unit itself.
I don’t remember the brand or model offhand. I’m at work right now and will forget to answer by the time I get to a computer to provide it. I’m a dummy like that. I got it when I got a new car so I was inclined to get something nice and to have a nice install job. Went to Car Toys, didn’t go nuts but chose a system with the primary camera mounted on the windshield, and a rear camera hardwired to it–so it looks directly out the rear glass and not all the way through the cabin from the mirror. Resolution is as good as you’d want. I had the shop install it for me because, hey, new car and I don’t wanna break anything. Ended up spending $250 on the hardware, and another $250 on the install. Not cheap, but it’s a wash if I were to get screwed by a liar and have to pay a collision deductible. It also logs sound and GPS speed. So if one of the kids “borrows” my car I can at least see what they’ve been up to.
My wife has one as well. She got raced by a 911. The video is interesting because it looks like she was just proceeding from a stop light but you can see her speed creeping up pretty quickly. At about 65-70mph you see black Porsche creeping ahead of her on the left. They both called off the shenanigans when she backed off at 115. She was losing, but not badly and her car only cost about half as much.
Some windshields (mine included) use a halftone dot scheme to shade the top several inches of the windshield, and this makes it impossible for the suction cup to hold on for long. I ended up using some heavy-duty double-sided foam tape to attach the suction cup to the windshield for the long haul.
Regarding front and rear view, from what I’ve heard the rear view cameras have such poor quality that many people just get a second camera and put it in the back window.
You’ve heard wrong. Both my dashcams gave excellent rear pictures.
Here’s an image taken by the rear camera of my Aukey DR02. Here’s an image taken by the front camera.
Yeah Joey, that may be old info if the quality of phone cameras is any indication. My rig is nice but nothing special–it’s totally Hollywood quality back there. Quartz’ shot at least gets you a license plate, and in the right lighting can get the driver’s expression (or lets you see what he was looking at–phone, birds, pretty girls, etc.) just before he plows you. Plus it synchs with the front camera so you can clarify if the middle car hit the front car and THEN got hit in the rear, or if the middle car got pushed into the car ahead (a super common and super tough problem for insurance folks).
I don’t think you answered the question that was asked, at least AIUI. I believe that Joey P was asking about dual camera units, one that faces out the front windshield & one that faces back into the car in the same unit. Between looking at the specs on the Aukey DR02 & the wide angle coupled with the lack of vehicle interior in the image you posted I need to ask is that camera mounted on the front windshield or on the rear window?

I don’t think you answered the question that was asked, at least AIUI. I believe that Joey P was asking about dual camera units, one that faces out the front windshield & one that faces back into the car in the same unit.
Given that he mentioned putting a second camera in the back window, I think you are mistaken. Those are the ones Uber & Lyft drivers should use and have infrared modes and I don’t know much about them.
Between looking at the specs on the Aukey DR02 & the wide angle coupled with the lack of vehicle interior in the image you posted I need to ask is that camera mounted on the front windshield or on the rear window?
It’s a two-camera device. I have one camera mounted on the front windshield and one camera mounted on the rear windshield.
:smack: Reading is hard, apparently. Quartz is one of the many people with a second camera mounted in the rear window. Exactly not what the question is about.
The cameras I was speaking about were the type that had a dash cam mounted in the windshield and a second remote camera, mounted in the rear window and connected by a wire to the dash cam.
People stating that the rear camera isn’t very good quality is just something I read a few times when I was poking around on dash cam message boards. I don’t know if they were making general statements or talking about specific cameras/brands.
So, to clarify, I was speaking about having two cameras in one unit, but the second one is remote mounted.
As Quartz stated, the night vision interior facing camera are mainly used for Lyft/Uber drivers so they can prove that someone puked in their car.

:smack: Reading is hard, apparently. Quartz is one of the many people with a second camera mounted in the rear window. Exactly not what the question is about.
Umm… no, it’s exactly what the OP is about.

In Australia (and in England, according to posters), another scam is the fake hit-and-run plus another accomplice in another car, who claims to have seen the whole thing and will then start recording your car and license plate to intimidate some hush money out of you.
:dubious: Why would a camera be needed to defend against this type of fraud? A cursory inspection by any police officer summoned to the scene would show absolutely no evidence of contact between any of the vehicles. Not seeing why anyone would feel compelled to pay out hush money, even without a dash cam.
Taiwanese drivers are careless, yet lawsuit happy enough to justify the minor expense.
They sound like a good thing in theory with people imagining a trial happening over their fender bender in which the video is presented as evidence for that “gotcha” moment to prove the perpetrator a filthy liar but I wonder if in reality the cops and insurance companies would be more likely to blow you off with a “thanks but no thanks” when you tell them you have a video of the incident. Having a video may open up a whole lot of extra paperwork in their procedures they just rather not deal with.
Any anecdotes out there?

They sound like a good thing in theory with people imagining a trial happening over their fender bender in which the video is presented as evidence for that “gotcha” moment to prove the perpetrator a filthy liar but I wonder if in reality the cops and insurance companies would be more likely to blow you off with a “thanks but no thanks” when you tell them you have a video of the incident. Having a video may open up a whole lot of extra paperwork in their procedures they just rather not deal with.
Any anecdotes out there?
:dubious: Nothing goes to “trial” unless you feel like letting it get that far before pulling the pin on your dash cam grenade. Cop arrives at the crash scene, and collects both sides of the story; if the other guy blames you, but you show the cop a video proving that that other guy is to blame, then the cop is going to assign blame to the other guy, and that’ll be the end of it.
Given that your insurance company is on the hook (possibly for tens of thousands of dollars) if you are determined to be at fault, why on earth would you think they wouldn’t be extremely interested in anything that helps them avoid having to pay out on your policy?
The one exception is situations in which the dash cam protects you from the cops. If you get cited for a traffic violation, the cop isn’t going to take the time to review your video by the side of the road, but it’ll be handy later on when you go to court to deal with it.

They sound like a good thing in theory with people imagining a trial happening over their fender bender in which the video is presented as evidence for that “gotcha” moment to prove the perpetrator a filthy liar but I wonder if in reality the cops and insurance companies would be more likely to blow you off with a “thanks but no thanks” when you tell them you have a video of the incident. Having a video may open up a whole lot of extra paperwork in their procedures they just rather not deal with.
Any anecdotes out there?
As an adjuster I absolutely LOVED getting a video, whether it supported my side or not, because it took all the guesswork out of trying to decide who was lying to me and let me get on with the work of paying claims, or not. I was never not interested, and I can’t imagine too many scenarios where I’d have dismissed an opportunity to have some reliable evidence.
As for trials–it is impossible to overstate the effect a video has on a jury. They can hear tales all day long about who did what and try and decide whom they’re going to believe, they can hear about how suddenly things developed, how scary the crash was, how the injuries hurt, the chaos while waiting for first responders to show up…all in the calm and comfortable setting of a courtroom, victims chill, healed up, and soft-spoken.
Or, you can show them a 30 second movie that starts out with a pleasant drive on a sunny afternoon, maybe some laughter or conversation, or the mindless prattling of a 3 year old somewhere in the car, or maybe the radio is play {WHAMMY} crunching metal, shocked screams, crying baby, rollover as seen from inside a car. I am still haunted by footage where the post-crash background noise is dominated by the howling of a 23 year old nonverbal autistic man who’d had his left humerus crushed when a drunk missed a stop sign–and his mom trying to calm him down while unable to do anything because she couldn’t exit the car due to a pair of shattered wrists. Without the video, that case would only have been worth a lot. The video made it 7 figures.
Most crashes don’t have that kind of drama, but there is blood in about half of everything I see these days. If you don’t have a video, all you have is a dented car, some bills, maybe a scar to show anyone who cares. But nothing makes the crash real quite like seeing it unfold in a quarter second.
This is an interesting topic. I live in Northern Virginia where people drive great distances to work but I am pretty sure I have never seen or heard of friends or acquaintances with a dashcam in a non commercial vehicle.
What is the policy at your places of work? I work in a building with an attached garage - not secret or anything - but they don’t allow pictures to be taken on premises without approval.
I am thinking I would have to take down a cam before entering as I drive through a gate with security guard/cameras in use.
I hope OP bought one in the last couple months.
I have a Viofo A119. It’s not even that hot now, but if I park out of shade, often it has detached from the windshield. It sticks right back, but I wonder what people are using for hot weather attachment?
My rearview mirror has power for autodimming and garage door opener, so I put in directly to there with an Invisicord so no wires to worry about.