Why Did I Start This Site?

The reason for me starting this site is to raise awareness for the good drivers on the roads. Those of us who stick to the speed limits and respect the roads. I was involved in an accident in 2013 where I was driving on a dual carriage way in my town one morning at around 45 miles per hour as there was some light traffic. All of a sudden the car in front of me slammed his breaks without any warning. I slammed my breaks as soon as I saw, but at this speed and without any warning of stopping, my car crashed into the back of his car.

I was enraged as I knew he did this on purpose, but I was still humane and got out of my car to ask to see how this other driver was and to make sure he wasn’t hurt in anyway. This guy who must was in his mid twenties driving an old worn out Nissan Micra, came out of his car in a very foul mood. He was shouting and swearing and basically causing a scene. I asked him to calm down, whilst calming my own rage. He said he wanted my insurance details and proceeded to note down my license plate – which of course I had no issues with.

I asked him why did he break all of a sudden, when he had a clear several hundred yards in front of him. He said he he slowed down and I crashed into him!? This was it. From this point, I knew I was going to pay for this silly idiot’s little stunt! I tried to reason with him but it was no use. He did this on purpose and I foresaw he would get exactly what he wants legally. My car went into the back of his, there was no evidence to show that he slammed his breaks and I had to count my losses.

My situation was very similar to the one shown on this video. (Sorry for the bad language spoken on it – its not mine!)

Following this incident, I wanted to see if I had any chance of winning if I took this guy to court, and I did seek legal advice to see if I did have a leg to stand on (almost being certain that I didn’t!). I was told it was in my interest to settle out of court as I would lose anyway, but if I had gone to court, I would also be paying court costs on top of everything else. So I took it on the chin, counted my losses and moved on. I lose 10 years of no claims bonus, and paid an excess of £500.00. On top of this my car was so badly damaged, I was told it’s a wiser decision to buy a new one and scrap this one. This cost me a further £4000.00.

Reading up about similar incidents online, it was clear that there are people out there who “stage” accidents to make them look like they were not any fault of there’s and they have everything to gain. This will buy them a new car, and in some instances, the driver ends up paying in cash the “approximate cost” of repairs to the damaged car just so it doesn’t have to go through the insurers and forfeiting the no claims bonuses. This is a major cash machine!

At this point I started looking into dash cams. I also found there were many capacitor dashcams on the market! I wish I had looked into this sooner as if I had invested in one prior to this incident, I would have saved myself a fair amount of money but more importantly, justice would have prevailed and this clown (for lack of a better word!) would have been taught a good lesson. There would be one less of these rogue drivers that we would need to deal with!

This site is to firstly give you, the readers all the available options when looking for a dash cam, I will gather all the information you would need to make an informed decision. I will be looking at all aspects of the camera and giving my true opinion on it. Secondly to spread the word to as many people as I can to invest in a dash cam as they will protect you. It is one of the things you wish you wouldn’t need but if something unfortunate was to happen, you will be glad you have one!

If you haven’t yet bought a dash cam and are thinking of buying one, then I can’t urge you enough! It will be the best decision you make. For the cost of it, you will save a fair amount of money. If I had invested £50-£100 on a dash cam, I would have saved myself over £4,500.00 – that is quite a sum.

They can be so discreet that most of the time you will not even know it’s there. You simply stick it on your windscreen and plug it in before you start your car (most of them will do the rest). At the end of your journey, you can either leave it in there (as long it is fairly discreet, and you have it connected to sensors), or you simply take it out and with you. Either way, you get used to it.

If you have any questions, please contact me here.