[AT] Off topic - P/U Accident --- Front Dash Camera recommendation

[Cecil Bearden]

Dean:  I am really curious if that truck was not stolen...  That is the 
way things work here in OK.   Druggies and burglars never use their own 
vehicles.  We had a couple of state trucks stolen when I was sort of the 
one who spec'd the fleet for my agency.   w had 2 trucks stolen in 3 
years.  Both times they were used in theft of copper wiring at a 
construction site in KS.   We recovered them with the stolen tags also.  
Tags were from another stolen truck..  I found a delivery tag from the 
construction site and had a friend in the OHP trace the stolen tag.  
Then OHP turned it over to OSBI and with what I found in the truck they 
found the guys who stole it...  We had video from the scrap yard and a 
print on the radio face...

Cecil

On 8/20/2021 5:51 PM, deanvp at att.net wrote:
>
> Thanks every one for your comments and suggestions. I didn’t do 
> certain things at the accident site I should have. But… let me tell 
> you I was more than a little shook up. In those last few seconds while 
> trying to miss him your mind goes into overdrive thinking terrible 
> things.   I think I did a damned good job of minimizing the damage 
> both to his truck as well as mine.  If I had rear ended him is suspect 
> both trucks would have been totaled with the possibility of some 
> injuries.  So having the sense under pressure to drive to the right to 
> miss him and not hit the trees was pretty good for this old man.   
> But…. I wasn’t thinking very good when it came time to get pictures of 
> the scene and of various documents.  I have a perfectly good Smart 
> Phone but I resorted to hand writing all information.  There were two 
> factors that confused things for me.  He left the scene of the 
> accident for a short time so the actual accident scene had already 
> been compromised and it was pitch black with no moon or the moon was 
> covered with clouds. It was really dark.  So I resorted to a 
> flashlight. Forgetting that my Android phone has a flash etc.  I’ll 
> admit I was a bit shook up. My mind had contemplated something much 
> worse. I wasn’t thinking 100% straight anymore. The strange part is I 
> cannot find any evidence of the collision at the site in daylight. I 
> cannot find any pieces of car parts, or plastic or anything.  I’m now 
> thinking it has been stripped of any evidence.  I’ve been up and down 
> the road at several driveways and cannot find a thing. That really 
> bothers me.  I also am a bit confused about how ABS brakes work, I was 
> on the brake pedal as hard as can be but I never left a skid mark on 
> the asphalt road.  I know ABS is supposed to find the maximum traction 
> when braking but as hard as I was on the brake pedal I don’t quite 
> understand why is didn’t leave a mark.
>
> Dean VP
>
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and 
> gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
>
> ..Winston Churchill...
>
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> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Off topic - P/U Accident --- Front Dash Camera 
> recommendation
>
>     Sorry to change the subject but I have a little challenge right
>     now. My antique Tractor puller P/U and I were in a little fender
>     bender incident recently which has become very complex since  the
>     other driver gave me all false data as to who he was, where he
>     lived, how to contact him  and whether he was insured or not.
>      Other than that things are going well. After about 5 days of
>     online investigation my wife and I tracked him down and have a
>     working cell phone number for him.  I’ve talked to him and we have
>     exchanged several text messages but I still don’t know where he
>     lives and who his insurance company is. I gave him my insurance
>     company verbally at the accident but he seems to have forgotten it
>     and now repeatedly asks for who the company is. I refuse to give
>     it to him until I get a valid insurance company name from him.
>      All he will talk about is getting his truck fixed.  And that the
>     accident was my fault. To add more stupid stuff to this whole
>     fiasco he is now claiming injury which is a crock of cow dung.
>
>     He backed out of a blind driveway onto the road heading in the
>     same direction as I was.  This was at about 9:45PM and it was
>     pitch black dark with no street lights way out in the country.  I
>     only noticed the reflection of my headlights off of the side of
>     his black Dodge Pick Up. No tail lights, no back up lights, no
>     brake lights, no running lights, no lights of any sort. I
>     immediately slammed on the brakes and started steering and braking
>     to the right  of his truck which was now close to being in the
>     right orientation to head down the road. I saw the eye of a needle
>     to try to get between the truck and the trees at the driveway
>     exit.  Well, I came to a stop right after brushing the side of his
>     truck and messing up my left fender. I got close to threading the
>     needle.  Could have been a pretty violent rear-ender otherwise.  
>     But as you might expect he is now blaming me and I hit him
>     therefore I am at fault.  I have no witnesses to prove what
>     happened.  I’ve informed my insurance Co and filed a collision
>     report with the Washington State Patrol.  I’m pretty sure he is an
>     uninsured driver which is illegal in our state. In my
>     investigation tracking him down I have been told he is involved in
>     illicit  drugs and he DOES have a criminal record..  So…. Due to
>     this I am looking for a dash camera to mount on our vehicles so I
>     don’t have to go through this situation of not having proof again.
>
>     So I’m looking for Dash Camera suggestions for my 2003 Ford F250
>     and a 2016 Buick L:acrosse.  I usually don’t buy the fancy stuff I
>     just get the basics  in a good product that are needed.
>     Suggestions would be appreciated???? I’ve had one recommended to
>     me and that is a Rove 4 but I know nothing about it yet.
>
>     Dean VP
>
>     Snohomish, WA 98290
>
>     "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and
>     gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
>
>     ..Winston Churchill...
>
>
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