hahahaha yeah i had the big event at the tutti and bonchon that night i had to organize..
;-)

 

Long before go pro we used video cams in race cars during races and qualifying mostly to review the footage to learn what we could do better, I've done the same sort of thing with students in their cars during HPDE days but now it's with Go Pro...you don't have to give your footage to anyone willfully, that footage belongs to you. On track or on the street, regrdless. It's only when sobpoened will you have to submit that as evidence. Should you have an incident on a race track under non-timed or non-competition circumstances the chances of this happening are almost 0%.... and even then you don't have to tell anyone you recorded footage, and how will they know whom else to pull on the record that may have had you on footage, it's next to impossible.

Bring your cameras and GO Pros to the track people they are a great learning devices, you're not going to get in trouble with them. After 11 years of doing it and taking footage, trust me you will be fine.

 

^^ I would have to disagree on the on-the-street part anyway.... not so sure about say an insurance co.'s investigation for a car wrecked on private track.

On public roads, anything in plain-view that could be relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation - which an onboard video cam certainly could and would be to any speeding / reckless / careless type offense - is subject to siezure and use as evidence.

Obviously laws do vary by jurisdiction, and I've never been a cop or a prosecutor but I did sit thru 3 painful years of law school including criminal procedure and evidence classes and I'd bet money if you get popped doing something stupid and there is an onboard camera in plain-view they can legally take it and do whatever they want with it.

 

If we were on the Ferrari forum, we'd have gotten a real answer by now. LOL!

 

Agreed.... I got my reckless a month back (first ticket in over ten years), it was coming any day as I do drive like an a$$ sometimes.... Next week I was searching for a track car, went and bought one with a trailer. Now I can speed in a safe environment and not worry about the red and blue coming up from behind.

 

And for me, it is a "f*ck off" pass. I film stuff so I have proof I'm not at fault. Happened this morning when a woman driving an SUV merged in my lane, with me right next to her. Easy to prove when you've got a digital witness...
Why? Is someone forcing you to post stuff you recorded on the internet?


I record most of my stuff on track. Can you see it? No. Why is that? Does GoPro stream directly youtube now against your will?

So you never bought one, because you are forced to post your videos and make them available to others?

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Jeesh... I feel like as if you people are scared to take a picture with your phones. Do you have any idea what information is being tracked on that? And by whom? GoPro is a LOT safer (easier to protect) than your cell phones.
THIS is what you can't stop. Other people. Everybody wants to be the first one to post about an incident (and then people want to the FIRST to make a comment). It is a race in the information age, to see how fast I can be known on the internet. Problem is - in 15 minutes, we'll all be more concerned about Snooky's baby.

What I've always wondered about shows like Dumbest Drivers, etc... why would anybody film themselves and then post that crap? Attention (and stupidity). Well, they deserve it.

 

WHAT...Snooky's pregnant! I haven't watched the show since an ex used to watch it in early 2011 ...whose the father Pulie D, Vinnie, Sitch or the other gorilla? haha that show is a friggin trainwreck!

I love southpark's parody on it in the Episide...'It's a Jersey Thing' ... snookie snookie snookie wanna smushi smushi smushi... bwahahaha!!!!

 

That was ...

It's okay to admit you're a Jersey Shore fan, sunir...

 

GTR - Gym, Tanning ....RRRRAAACCCIIINNN!!!!

 

Its Virginia

 

Jasper... No one is forcing anyone to post video to the net, and if I caught something incriminating to myself or a buddy, I certainly wouldn't post it! I like the idea that a video could absolve me or a friend of fault as well... The danger arises when and if law enforcement got ahold of video through seizure as seems to have happened here.

Is there a way to make the memory card inaccessible without a password/key?

 

I've lived in Maryland and worked in Virginia for 7 years now. I do the vast majority of my driving in MD. 6 moving violations and 2 written warnings in VA. ZERO in Maryland. Coincidence? Maybe. But I've learned to behave myself in VA.

 

The life of a pornstar is tedious...
Delete.

Better than Polaroid.

Look, if you do something bad - delete. Format. Or break it (just a $10-20 SD card). If you do something good - butt saved.

I'm sorry, but to me the benefits FAR out weigh the disadvantages.

*edit: If it is a concern - if you're doing something wrong, just stop recording. Again, I don't see the issue.

Let's say - I'm recording, recording, recording... See a Z06 that thinks he's bad a$$, I stop recording, because I'm about to do something stupid. Wave 'bye' to the Z06, resume recording. My camera gets mounted where I can manipulate the button from the driver's seat (right around the visor of the passenger). I know in some GT-R's there are cameras mounted and recording actively on both the front and rear of the car, and you can watch them (through a bypass) in the multi-function display. Pretty cool. As long as you have control over what to record you're fine. What I CAN'T control - and we've witnessed this on the Corvette Thanksgiving race last year - is we don't know who else is recording (passenger in Z06, or person behind them). THAT is my concern - not my own camera.

However, we also probably remember the people that recorded the Lamborghini trying to take off at a corner, and hitting oncoming traffic. The person recording the incident (passenger in another car) posted on the internet, and got the driver in trouble, because of the illegal U-turn the driver made to get a 'better' angle.

Obviously - if we are organizing a street race, and somebody wants to record - I'd make sure we all understand what to do in certain situations to reduce the chances of self-incrimination. We can't stop what others are recording on their iPhones when a McLaren zooms by.