Use 360 camera as dash cam

[LG_123]

I assumed at first that this would be easy to do but I can’t find any info online.

I’d like to get a dash cam installed and my expedition already has cameras all the way around it! Has anyone figured out how to just record footage from those cameras without needing to install a whole new camera inside the vehicle?

 

[edizzle]

assumed it would be easy!!! LOL Im sorry, dont mean to insult but......

 

[Rick Anjel]

You would think Ford would offer this in future models and as an option | upgrade for current models that have the 360 cameras..... but I think only Tesla has it at the moment.

 

[st381183]

Dash cams are good but be warned they work both ways....they capture your mistakes too, and if your mistake results in a serious crash the recording could be seized as evidence. They may need a subpoena to view it but the police can seize and protect potential evidence from being destroyed. Any crash that results in serious injury or death the vehicles will be impounded and inspected for equipment malfunctions. Heck, the traffic division would even run an OBD scanner on some vehicles. Now think about how some insurance companies are going to apps or other devices to track your driving habits. I told my agent the 5% discount isn’t worth big brother watching my every move. Today it’s a discounted rate, tomorrow it a device to estimate your risk to insure. So my point is be cautious when you have any device that records or tracks your driving behaviors as they may be used against you, if not today than in the very near future.

 

[MonkeyBrains]

I have dash cams in all my vehicles. Yes, they can be used against you, so if you're a shit driver maybe best to not have one? Haha. I've had an incident where the dash cam saved me and another where a drunken road rage driver tried to run into my daughter and then tried to run her off the road and the dash cam in her car caught it all and the license plate number.

For some reason, vehicle makers have been resistant to integrating recording or dash cam functionality even when all the components already exist in the vehicle. That is starting to change as of late, not so much because of consumer demand, but pressure from the insurance industry. What some makers like Tesla, BMW, Porsche, etc.. are doing with their multiple cameras and recording is pretty phenomenal.

 

[Deadman]

I have dash cams in all my vehicles. Yes, they can be used against you, so if you're a shit driver maybe best to not have one? Haha. I've had an incident where the dash cam saved me and another where a drunken road rage driver tried to run into my daughter and then tried to run her off the road and the dash cam in her car caught it all and the license plate number.

For some reason, vehicle makers have been resistant to integrating recording or dash cam functionality even when all the components already exist in the vehicle. That is starting to change as of late, not so much because of consumer demand, but pressure from the insurance industry. What some makers like Tesla, BMW, Porsche, etc.. are doing with their multiple cameras and recording is pretty phenomenal.

I guess I'll be buying older cars in the near future! lol.
This technology is a joke.

 

[Jeka]

Storage encryption is must, so nobody can get your footage without your consent. Unfortunately that is not common in the industry.

 

[edizzle]

I guess I'll be buying older cars in the near future! lol.
This technology is a joke.

dashcam technology is a joke? huh?

 

[MonkeyBrains]

dashcam technology is a joke? huh?

Yeah, got me scratching my head as to what he means.

 

[Deadman]

It means that I'm smart enough to realize that when automakers start integrating dash cams, its not for our safety in any way, its another way for big brother to monitor us. I don't do anything illegal, but I'm not volunteering to be babysat. Its just another small step to cripple us.

If I want a dash cam, I'll put my own in and use it for myself, not for big brother to babysit each and every one of us even more.

Its not the camera I'm against, its the camera that's designed by the wrong idiots and forced down our throats, its coming.....

 

[MonkeyBrains]

Yeah, I get that... I think this is one of the reasons Ford, GM and others were slow on the dashcam and recording thing. I think they’ve been waiting for connectivity solutions to mature so they could integrate it with their own connectivity services, cloud storage, etc.. and charge us a monthly fee for it. I don’t think the industry at large was expecting Tesla, and now a couple others, to simply incorporate it as standard and let the people record to their own USB flash drives.

That said, all these newer vehicles store data logs that contain everything that happens from how much you press on the gas or brake, GPS speed and position, how the steering wheel was turned, etc.. A black box recording that can be used to diagnose problems, but also aid in reconstructing the scene of an accident. Love it and hate it at the same time. ...The one variation of this that’s too “big brother” for me is the insurance companies using their drive monitoring apps and add-ons where they continuously monitor their users. Where they’ll adjust your rates up or down based on driving habits.

 

[Deadman]

Yeah, I get that... I think this is one of the reasons Ford, GM and others were slow on the dashcam and recording thing. I think they’ve been waiting for connectivity solutions to mature so they could integrate it with their own connectivity services, cloud storage, etc.. and charge us a monthly fee for it. I don’t think the industry at large was expecting Tesla, and now a couple others, to simply incorporate it as standard and let the people record to their own USB flash drives.

That said, all these newer vehicles store data logs that contain everything that happens from how much you press on the gas or brake, GPS speed and position, how the steering wheel was turned, etc.. A black box recording that can be used to diagnose problems, but also aid in reconstructing the scene of an accident. Love it and hate it at the same time. ...The one variation of this that’s too “big brother” for me is the insurance companies using their drive monitoring apps and add-ons where they continuously monitor their users. Where they’ll adjust your rates up or down based on driving habits.

Yeah, they for sure track everything already. I guess I don't trust big brother at all, more so than I am afraid of the camera in general. I'm just so sick of them shoving all these things down our throats and hiding behind it. So many people are clueless to how many ways they are babysitting us already. I just don't want to volunteer for any more.

 

[st381183]

Yeah, they for sure track everything already. I guess I don't trust big brother at all, more so than I am afraid of the camera in general. I'm just so sick of them shoving all these things down our throats and hiding behind it. So many people are clueless to how many ways they are babysitting us already. I just don't want to volunteer for any more.

If you’re like me (and few would choose to be) I even avoid Siri, Alexis, Google Home, Echo dots etc because you never really know if they’re turned off when you don’t want them on. That and the latest scandal of these companies listening in on the constant recordings for “QC” and “improvement”.

I give enough personal info away as it is just to use the inter webs. Heck, I won’t even do those Genealogy DNA tests as the results can be subpoenaed by police or the data shared with health and life insurance companies to gauge risk. These companies can hold this most personal data hostage. If not now, soon.

All that just to reiterate that these technologies like dash cams and insurance tracking apps are easily turned to snitching on us as it sends our robot overlords the nitty gritty dirt on how we don’t quite stop all the way at the stop sign down the road or drive a little faster than we should on that lonely road with a ridiculously low speed limit. Look at how the police are already “enlisting” people to turn over their recording from their doorbell smart devices all under the guise of safety.

All this from a retired LEO who used to subpoena electronic information to track suspect alibis and locations.

 

[Deadman]

If you’re like me (and few would choose to be) I even avoid Siri, Alexis, Google Home, Echo dots etc because you never really know if they’re turned off when you don’t want them on. That and the latest scandal of these companies listening in on the constant recordings for “QC” and “improvement”.

I give enough personal info away as it is just to use the inter webs. Heck, I won’t even do those Genealogy DNA tests as the results can be subpoenaed by police or the data shared with health and life insurance companies to gauge risk. These companies can hold this most personal data hostage. If not now, soon.

All that just to reiterate that these technologies like dash cams and insurance tracking apps are easily turned to snitching on us as it sends our robot overlords the nitty gritty dirt on how we don’t quite stop all the way at the stop sign down the road or drive a little faster than we should on that lonely road with a ridiculously low speed limit. Look at how the police are already “enlisting” people to turn over their recording from their doorbell smart devices all under the guise of safety.

All this from a retired LEO who used to subpoena electronic information to track suspect alibis and locations.

Absolutely. So many are in denial of this tho!
I'm no law breaker, but man I just don't need them in my $hit! lol. My job required me to be fingerprinted with the feds and that alone was kinda creepy thinking they could plant my prints on something if they really wanted to....

 

[osteodoc08]

And to think, GM has been doing all this for years with Onstar.......Ford now has the same stuff. They can track your every move, speed, etc.

George Orwell was ahead of his time and only off a few years.........

 

[Deadman]

And to think, GM has been doing all this for years with Onstar.......Ford now has the same stuff. They can track your every move, speed, etc.

George Orwell was ahead of his time and only off a few years.........

My dad specifically bought Cadillacs and when they started the On star stuff, he quit and bought used ones before this on star.

 

[tim5055]

Any crash that results in serious injury or death the vehicles will be impounded and inspected for equipment malfunctions. Heck, the traffic division would even run an OBD scanner on some vehicles.

Any law enforcement agency that has a dedicated traffic investigations unit (state police, large agencies with traffic homicide units) already have the equipment to download any available data that is stored in that year/make/model vehicle.

The most common would be speed at impact, but driver inputs are also available from some vehicles. Things like foot on the gas, foot on the brake and angle of the steering wheel are maintained in some vehicles. If it's stored, they can get it.

 

[Tocapet]

See this footage from my dashcam. It's the elderly guy coming from the right pushing a grocery basket. I waited for him to cross, but that wasn't good enough for him. I saw him again inside the store and he cussed me out.

 

[Randy Schmidt]

It means that I'm smart enough to realize that when automakers start integrating dash cams, its not for our safety in any way, its another way for big brother to monitor us. I don't do anything illegal, but I'm not volunteering to be babysat. Its just another small step to cripple us.

If I want a dash cam, I'll put my own in and use it for myself, not for big brother to babysit each and every one of us even more.

Its not the camera I'm against, its the camera that's designed by the wrong idiots and forced down our throats, its coming.....

I'd have to agree with your thought process, just may have worded it a little differently from the beginning... It's all good.

 

[Artie]

See this footage from my dashcam. It's the elderly guy coming from the right pushing a grocery basket. I waited for him to cross, but that wasn't good enough for him. I saw him again inside the store and he cussed me out.

If he’s walking down the middle of the lane, which it appears that he is, he’s an ass. Sad thing is you can’t do anything with someone like this, honk your horn and he’s bashing your car, sue for damage and won’t get paid. Get in altercation and you’re fighting a next to disabled geriatric which is not a good look. At least he’s not long for this world so take some solace in that.

On a side note... thankfully we are in a position that we never shop at Walmart anymore, it’s been a couple of years since I’ve been in one unless it’s the only option for something I really need. We do, however, shop at Sam’s often and our Sams is right next to Walmart. Once you cross over that gap in the parking lot between stores it always amazes me how the type of shoppers also change. This guy is a good example of why I don’t do Walmart anymore.