The RoadHawk RH-1 in car drive recorder is supplied to fleet owners by towergate insurance. Once installed, the camera records on a constant loop forward facing video as well as GPS data such as speed and geographical position. Towergate insurance now provide RoadHawk RH-1 cameras to all of their small fleet policy owners in order to reduce crash for cash and other non-fault insurance claims.
I've seen too many idiots on the road who pull in front of trucks without leaving them enough room to slow down. They're not all trying to scam the insurance of trucking companies, they're just careless and stupid.
BTW, cameras like this are also good for roadgeeks.
DTD110865 3 weeks ago
Hi Sandra, it's about time somebody kept an eye on you and your driving, all women concrete mixer drivers should be banned. lol.
j2091957 1 year ago
@downfader2 - Do you really believe so?
Insurance = legalised theft, I am sure they would examine all the footage and try and squirm their way out of it.
Anyway, on the 'big brother' copmment, watch V for Vendetta I believe this kind of thing is step 1
julianbrunt 1 year ago
@downfader2 If 'they' wanted to, they could already track you. There was a case of a driver being caught out for speeding as his mobile 'pinged' various cells/towers on his route. He had an accident, his speed was questioned 7 when they checked his mobile provider it gave him away.
sludgeguts 1 year ago
@julianbrunt Watch your satnav - the speed it shows is rarely the speed on your speedo, there is generally a time lag for it to catch up, this sytem is no different.
What it does do, however, is provide indesputable evidence of gross stupidity.
If you own a fleet of trucks, are you happy to have your name associated with moron drivers?
sludgeguts 1 year ago
Except in this case you are the big brother. This is about protecting you as a driver and nothing else.
Ofcourse there may be a time in the future where a black box style recorder is fitted to vehicles that drivers have no access to the data on it. I think we're so far away from that its not worth worrying about.
downfader2 2 years ago
Big brother is watching all of you!!!
Going to be hooked into the police soon, if you go 1mph over the speed limit, go over a line anything you gonna be done for it by computer which only knows rules as a yes or no.
julianbrunt 2 years ago
Wicked, great work Mark + Co. !!
MrJonnyJones 2 years ago