quote:
You all are telling this guy he is required to hold on to the video in case it ever goes to litigation, which no, he is not required to do anything unless he is court ordered.

Do you think companies have document retention policies because they enjoy holding on to hundreds of thousands of pages of documents for the fun of it?

If you record a video of your friend killing someone on your phone and then intentionally delete the video you are 100% going to face criminal charges.

Same if you have a dash cam that records you committing any other crime and then you intentionally delete it.

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by killinme_smalls

Baton Rouge

Member since Jul 2005

503 posts

Posted on 4/19/23 at 7:33 am to UpToPar

I have the Garmin 47. It paid for itself by backing up that an insurance claim should have been comp, not collision. Have had zero issues, also records speed.

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by Horsemeat

2025 Contributor Of The Year

Member since Dec 2014

15497 posts

Posted on 4/19/23 at 8:38 am to lsufan112001

I'm currently being sued by a dipshit that lost control of her car in the snow and hit me. Dashcam is my only witness to save me. First hearings went from "he was speeding and swerved into me" to now "he shouldn't have been there." My company's lawyers have told them to frick off every step of the way because I had the dashcam recording.

Garmin 46 if anyone is interested. It's an awesome cam.

This post was edited on 4/19/23 at 8:39 am

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by BilbeauTBaggins

Member since May 2021

7669 posts

Posted on 4/19/23 at 9:01 am to lgtiger

quote:
Dumb question, do the one you plug in draw down the battery when parked?

We haven't noticed any battery issues in the 3 months that we've had it up. I also haven't checked if the camera is recording during that time.

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by Daponch

Da Nortchore

Member since Mar 2013

1166 posts

Posted on 4/19/23 at 7:22 pm to Double Oh

I agree with your train of thought but it’s a win the battle, lose the war scenario. The adjuster recommended that I drop the appeal because there was no personal injury claim by the other driver. Appeals would draw it out and expose me to more risk. As much as I hated to do it I dropped it. Bastards

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by Motorboat

At the camp

Member since Oct 2007

24168 posts

Posted on 4/20/23 at 3:52 pm to SloaneRanger

quote:
What I am saying is that a duty to preserve evidence arises once you have reason to believe that you are involved in a dispute that might lead to litigation. That might be long before a lawsuit is filed. If you are in a wreck, you can't just set out to start destroying relevant evidence. Comprende?

The word you are looking for is "Spoliation"

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by phunkatron