TECH SAVES THE DAY THE DASH CAM

APEMAN DASH CAM 1080P FHD DVR CAR DRIVING RECORDER 3 INCH LCD SCREEN 170 DEGREE WIDE ANGLE, G-SENSOR, WDR, PARKING MONITOR, LOOP RECORDING, MOTION DETECTION

- Ronald Kaplan

I had been looking to buy a dash cam when one showed up on my doorstep, a gift from my son. Dash cams have been around for several years and I have read several articles about the necessity to have one in countries like Russia where if you don’t have a dash cam, you will be a victim of a staged accident. Since there are many options to consider when buying a dash cam, I remained stuck, not able to finalize a decision and bite the bullet.

Now that I have had a firsthand experience, I have seen just how invaluable a dash cam is under the right circumstances. I can now appreciate why certain features are more critical than others and the ultimate importance of having one in each of one’s vehicles. My firsthand experience was an accident with our car when my wife was driving without passengers. I got the phone call just before noon from my wife that she was in a car accident.

The damage to both vehicles was to the front end and on the other vehicle the right front wheel well. On our vehicle it was to the front end and the left wheel well. Without witnesses, considering the damage pattern of both vehicles, and both driver’s saying they had green lights, it was a matter of “she said, she said” and the insurance company would not accept responsibility.

That was until I submitted the dash cam video.

So what’s the takeaway? Dash cams are relatively inexpensive devices (the one that captured my wife’s accident was purchased on Amazon for under $50 US (around