Tailgater Triggered Bumper Camera
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 12/28/2014 1:00:00 AM
Bumper cameras come in handy parking cars. Why not use them for evidence if somebody hits you from behind?
Big Brother meets Big Bumper, always on the alert, just waiting for you to... Park the car? That's a lot of down time.
Instead of simply turning the bumper / license plate cameras off when you are driving, why not turn them on whenever somebody gets too close while you're driving? This creates a perfect "Black Box" to prove beyond any doubt that somebody was driving too close... for too long.
The trigger to turn on the camera could be a combination of the motion sensors and the current speed, where a safe distance increases in direct proportion with speed. The faster you go, the bigger the distance. This is based upon the two second rule, which states that a driver should stay at least two seconds behind the car in front of them.
Insurance companies would love to see something like this standard on all cars. In fact, they would love to see cameras on all 4 sides. Since there are rearview cameras built into many cars, all it takes is a simple recording device and you've got a perfect tailgate detector.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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