[cynwoody]

I am told there are dash cams all over, because if you are in an accident, it is your only protection, since the police and insurance investigators are simply bought off by whoever gets to them first or offers more money.

That's why dash cams are so popular in Russia.

And also why video of the Chelyabinsk meteor was so plentiful.

[rlmorel]

It was the meteor thing that tipped me off on why there was so much crazy Russian dash-cam video...I wondered how there was so much video of the meteor!