My turn at the curse - Hit and run

[jacobzking]

whats this camera system you're talking about?

[Burrcold]

Hope all works out!

[Rayme]

Originally Posted by jacobzking

whats this camera system you're talking about?

I got a dashcam recording all the time. :happy0180:

[jacobzking]

Originally Posted by ottopilot

I got a dashcam recording all the time. :happy0180:

can you elaborate on your setup? sounds like a good investment. yours probably paid off already, even with just the small damage.

[#87]

Honestly is it worth the time? I'd try to get his address using the plate and stop by. If he seemed like a **** head file a report if he was a nice guy just let it go.

[KritiK]

I would go for it, at least to make him learn a lesson, that if you touch other people cars maybe you get recorded so leave a note or something.
ps: my mind make a picture of a superfat guy on his ram eating a cube of chicken from KFC while he was backing up, lol

[Rayme]

Bump for video

[drew_dice27]

What camera set up do you have? Link if possible, thanks.

As far as reporting things I say try and take care of it without insurance. You have the guys information, I would go to him and show him what he did. Go get an estimate and tell him that he can pay you cash to fix the damages and no one will know about it. If he doesn't want to do that tell him you'll report it as a hit and run and take it up with the police and insurance. He'll most likely oblige to paying cash. If you don't mind the car as is, put the money towards something else in your car or just pocket it. Win win I say

[Dake]

It would be one thing if you saw the guy pulling out and stopped him at the moment. But showing up at his or her house or even figuring out the phone number and calling takes it into an entirely different realm. That kind of interaction might go smoothly but will far more likely result in the other person being aggressively defensive at best.

Outside of the safety aspect, you would also weaken your case with the police by trying to do it on your own and open yourself up to harassment charges or even extortion by suggesting it gets handled outside of normal channels.

You're on the right track at this point; let the professionals handle it.

*edit: didn't see the video up top - glad it worked out.

[#87]

THe sound is way worse than the resulting damage. Sounds awful

Curious about how insurance respond when you say you have a video of the incident.

[Tt3Sheppard]

Well with insurance depending on your state you can report the damage, take a check and use it to repair it with your own means. My suggestion at least

[Rayme]

The camera I have is this cheap one, the DVR-037. It was about 50-60$, the SD card was more expensive. It's hard wired with a 32 GB SD card, I record at 720p @ 20 FPS. Gives about 16 hours of video before overlapping itself again.


It's a no brainer, the insurance and cops were actually enthusiast about me having the plate and video..it's not a hard case.

[#87]

You have an install pic? Looks huge but probably just the picture.

[Rayme]

Originally Posted by #87

You have an install pic? Looks huge but probably just the picture.

It's actually very small. It's held by a screw and a PC case expansion slot cover, cut and drilled. The wires runs in the headliner and uses the stereo power input(the camera uses very low 5volt power), it has it's own fuse.