Have you noticed a difference riding with camera?

[AAABBBCCC]

For those people who got a camera on their helmet, have you noticed a difference how drivers treat you? Are they more careful, more considerate when you are with a cam on your helmet? I am looking to buy one, more of an accident prevention tool rather than to film an accident (if that makes sense).

[Snowdonia Rider]

[chickenstrip]

Are folks getting a reduction on their insurance premiums for using cameras, like we're seeing with car insurance/dash cams?
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[M.C]

Doesn't make a difference at all, do you really think car drivers are really observant enough to spot a camera, when they miss whole the whole f'ing bike

Pedestrians and other bikers notice it, normally just ends up with a bit of a stare, or someone shouting something.

[AAABBBCCC]

[thx1138]

with other road users makes no difference at all, other than sometimes my dirt bike friends act up for the camera and if I'm lucky fall off in a puddle

[stevo as b4]

I still don't understand the need th or everyone to be helmet or dash cam'd up though. At least not until insurance stipulates it as mandatory anyway.

If you do have an off, your probably going to Knacker the thing at your own cost to replace.

In my day having a camera fitted to a bike was only ever for going out to be total loonie and ride like a moron for film. That's why I think there's still a negative stigma attached to having a camera on your bike, and I can see some people dropping themselves right in the shit by having them.

[M.C]

[notbike]

Doesn't make a difference when I'm riding tbh. I ride with and without it sometimes.

[Doink]

[B0ndy]

[wristjob]

i dont own a camera and dont personaly know anyone who does.
but if the you tube evidence is to be taken at face value.
it would appear that having a camera makes you.
A.ride like you are looking for a crash.
B.get angry at stuff that you should have seen a mile off.
C.think it makes the crash hurt less because you are in the right.
D.post really dull vids on you tube.

[NJD]

[andyscooter]

I use mine for classic car spotting
(Fuck off Iknow)


Main reasoniI have it now
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[TheArchitect]

FWIW I reckon helmet cams are well worth the money. Speaking from personal experience where I've been in an accident (hit and run) situation and without the footage on my camera I had no case as there were no other witnesses. It's a small investment for a large return should the worst happen.

For those who say having a camera on makes you ride like a dick, don't be silly. If putting a camera on your lid is all it takes for you to lose your sense of control then you really are a dick. So camera or not you'll inevitably end up riding like a dick in which case having a camera may be to your detriment.

To answer OPs question: no, car drivers don't notice it at all. the camera is not a prevention tool, more of a arse covering tool for when things go wrong.

If you can afford a decent one I say get it. You don't have to be a vlogger to have a camera on. Just don't be a dick with it on because the footage can also be used against you.
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[stevo as b4]

How good is the quality and stillness of the footage from helmet cams though? I always assumed that they are simply designed to show a low quality image just to record the situation around you but not a film quality HD image.

Or put it another way do you get far better footage from a tank or bar mounted cam corder and is it easier to edit from these to make a decent quality video of a ride?

I think the helmet cam or a dash cam is doing a totally different job to a fixed mounted cam that someone would deliberately mount to record a ride for film/ you tube etc.

Oh and if you were going to fix £££'s worth of camera to a mount on your bike, then I do hope you would be inclined to ride like a tool, as no one would want to see on bike footage of a 30mph commute to work in traffic would they? That's another reason why I think helmet mounted or dash cams in cars are doing a totally different job, and you wipe the footage off once home unless you had an incident on that journey.

I'd still worry about the gear getting damaged on daily commutes though unless helmet cams are cheap as chips to replace?

Lastly how do you commuters get on that log your rides to work, if you one day go for a Sunday ride out, a touring adventure or if your going to a bike meeting. Do you still keep the cam fitted for those rides too?

Has anyone ever had a mate refuse to ride with hthrm because you have a cam fitted and are recording?

[doggone]

[Snowdonia Rider]

[bugeye_bob]

[Irn-Bru]

I used to ride with a camera on my helmet (Drift HD) but it got annoying fast, especially since I use a USB battery pack and tend to record all day. I now use a GoPro on a chesty mount, much more convenient.
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[Ste]

You'll notice a significant difference if you start commuting with a camera running.

Whenever there's the slightest hint of a problem you'll need to pull over to recompose yourself. You'll frequently find yourself trying to put yourself in a stupid position so that you can rage at other road users whilst shouting "YOU'RE ON CAMERA, THIS IS GOING ON YOUTUBE!!!!!".

Having a camera running doesn't mean traffic will part for you like the Red Sea so it's not going to prevent accidents but the way you'll behave once you've got one could quite easily cause accidents. Almost nobody is going to notice that you've got a camera on your lid, even less people are going to care.

[DrSnoosnoo]

No difference. But I don't ride to try and get good film either.
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