Dash cam awesomeness.
So you're driving along, minding your own bee's wax, when
suddenly a car comes out of nowhere (which is a terrible place to come from)
and side-swipes you. The driver leaps out of his car and immediately blames you
(as people from nowhere tend to be pretty rude). How do you prove your
innocence, especially to keep you insurance premiums down? Simple; just present
the video evidence you captured on your Snooper DVR-3HD Vehicle Drive Recorder.
Take that, nowhere loser!
Essentially what we have here is a HD digital video camera that affixes to you dashboard and points happily through your windscreen. What makes the Snooper DVR-3HD Vehicle Drive Recorder unique is not only its shape (its far more compact than other dash cams, looking more like an action cam) but also the many bundled abilities it possesses. This is more than just a point and shoot camera.
Firstly, the footage itself. The Snooper DVR-3HD Vehicle
Drive Recorder films at 1080p HD resolution, so pretty similar to what you'll
see from high-end action cams and smartphones. It also saves the footage to a
microSD card which can be removed (essential as evidence) but, cleverly, will
overwrite old information automatically once the card is full. That means you
never have to delete stuff yourself to make room for more video. Also, you
don't even have to switch it on, as once the Snooper DVR-3HD Vehicle Drive
Recorder is set up it will automatically activate and start filming as soon as
you turn your ignition key. Points scored, Snooper.
As well as the camera the Drive Recorder includes Snooper's
famed Speed Trap Location software, which, quite like a SatNav, knows where all
the speed cameras are and will warn you in enough time. And it will certainly
know where you are in relation to those annoying cameras, as the DVR-3HD comes
with a very accurate GPS which, in the event of an accident, can plot your position
and route directly onto Google Maps, complete with detailed telemetries to help
prove your innocence should an incident ever go to court. The DVR-3HD also has a
three axis impact sensor, which will record exactly what sudden movements your
car made, before, during and after a crash.
Interestingly the Snooper DVR-3HD also features a
microphone, which although won't be able to record the naughty man who hit your
car saying he intends to blame it on you for the insurance cash (we wish), it
will record you. You've probably heard on all those Russian dash cam videos,
where we see crazy accidents and hair-raising near misses, the voices of the
car's occupants gasping or swearing (or, as it's Russia, not really being all
that shocked by being dinged by a runaway Soviet-era tank). However, there is
an option to deactivate the mic, just in case you're not all that bothered
about the sound of you slagging off your mother-in-law being used in evidence.
At the end of the day, something like the Snooper DVR-3HD
Vehicle Drive Recorder has now become a must-have car accessory. In a way, that
is a shame, but at least you know that with technology like this on your side,
your bases should be covered.
£150