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Comment by _rnwu | Hacker News Reader

One of the development team here - if anybody tries it and has feedback it would be very welcome!

I care less about speeding and more about other traffic violations (running red lights, turning right from a lane other than the right lane, ....)

Have you talked to the law enforcement agencies? Will they actually use the footage?

You can submit evidence like this to the Police in the UK and they may act on it.

Incidentally, I was involved in a heated discussion with someone the other week about her poor parking. Turns out she sent webcam footage to the police and I received a letter saying I had been reported for a public order offence but there was not sufficient evidence to act further.

Raising ones voice isn't yet an offence I am pleased to report.

My experience in the US is that video alone is not sufficient to get a bad driver arrested. I'm a cyclist, and I was able to get a driver arrested for some misbehavior through a combination of helmet cam video and the fact that they were driving for Uber at the time so Uber's GPS placed them at the scene of the crime at the time of the crime. The driver plead guilty to a misdemeanor. This surprised one local bike activist who seemed to think the local police wouldn't do anything regardless of the amount of evidence.

> My experience in the US is that video alone is not sufficient to get a bad driver arrested.

That's because "bad driving" is not a crime. You probably got that person charged with fleeing the scene of an accident or some kind of road rage charge. Depends on what happened.

The police didn't care about the bad driving, just that the driver tried to stab me. That's despite the fact that I think the driver nearly running me over was more dangerous than their attempt to stab me!

Can we use this for sports? How fast are kids skiing for instance?

I'd guess no since it's using the wheelbase size.

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