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To: Drago
How did that driver fit a film camera on his dashboard?

Not sure if you are joking or not but FWIW – dashboard cameras or “dashcams” for short.

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Car-Dash-Mounted-Video/zgbs/electronics/3248689011

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/08/dash-cams-explainer/

They are relatively inexpensive and many people get them as a sort of “insurance” if they are in an accident cause by the shenanigans of another driver; be it road rage or drunk drivers, scam artists, etc. or even rogue cops. Some people use them to document road trips and sometimes they pick up interesting phenomena like meteors. Depending on the model, the cam can record hours of video before overwriting once capacity has been reached and some also record audio.

Dashcams are extremely popular in Russia where evidently there are a lot of bad drivers and insurance scammers and corrupt local cops who shake down drivers for cash if there is an accident – whether it is the driver’s fault or not. There are thousands of compilations of Russian dashcam videos.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=russian+dash+cam+compilation

11 posted on 09/07/2015 5:13:08 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA
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To: MD Expat in PA

Those Ruskie dashcam videos are also known as “vodka videos” since many of those crashes involve drunk driving.

If wrecking motorized vehicles was an Olympic sport Russia would take gold every time! They are simply the best at it.


14 posted on 09/07/2015 5:57:26 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: MD Expat in PA
"There are thousands of compilations of Russian dashcam videos."

Making for hilarious viewing on the various "world's wackiest drivers" videos and tv shows.

20 posted on 09/07/2015 7:35:05 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: MD Expat in PA; TigerLikesRooster; Jack Hydrazine; Drago; SunkenCiv; All

One of the best shots of the major meteor that shook up Russia recently was from a dashcam.

SC - sorry they pulled your thread on the stones near Stonehenge. Do you have another source to post on this?


27 posted on 09/07/2015 11:27:11 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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