A dash cam is exactly what it sounds like. A camera that sits on the dashboard of your car. Why is it so important though? Well, there are several answers to that question. However, before we tell you what they are, you should understand that dash cams are incredibly innocuous devices that don't interfere with your driving or your visibility in any way. All they do is record the road ahead of you (or in some cases behind you as well) to offer a chance to get back the footage in case something of importance happens around your vehicle. If nothing substantial happens, you don't even need to touch it as it will loop over your saved files and keep offering you recordings.
How does a dash cam work?
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As we said, dash cams got their name because earlier machines used to sit on the dashboards of cars and were large compared to today's models. Nowadays, however, the devices are much smaller and can be attached to your car's windshield or the rearview mirror as well. Take the DDPAI Mini for instance. It's a compact dash cam that can be attached to the windshield of the car. It gets switched on as soon as you turn your car on. And it gets its power from the 12V power outlet that is offered by most cars out there.
As for the recordings offered by dash cams, they can be of various resolutions that you can choose from. They get stored on an SD card. Whenever something of importance happens, you can take that SD card home and retrieve the footage and put it back in. If not, it will automatically overwrite the previous footage. These days, dash cams offer a host of additional features like night vision, parking modes, Wi-Fi connections to access footage, and more.
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Why you should have a dash cam in your car
Here are a few examples where having dash cam footage might prove to be important:
- Having first-hand evidence of an accident where those at fault are blaming you for the incident can be pretty useful.
- If you spot someone driving dangerously you can report them to the police and have the evidence to back it up.
- If someone is attempting insurance fraud by blaming you for something that didn't happen, you can use the footage to get out of the situation.
- You can also sometimes chance upon a very funny incident that you can upload on the internet and see it go viral.
- Dashcams also have mics in them, so everything you say during your journey gets recorded as well. In case you wish to revisit a conversation with your loved ones, you can do that as well.
Those are the main reasons why you should buy a dash cam. But thanks to various additional features that they tend to offer, who knows, a dash cam might benefit you in a completely different way. Buying one is easy; you can head into a car accessories shop or just shop online for one.
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