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I got a Tesla Model 3 with Dashcam and it records stuff that are not even remotely relevant. Luckily there is a website that allows easy perusal of the video. https://sentrycam.appspot.com
Yeah, you are right. I guess I was referring to Sentry Mode, not Dashcam mode. Sentry mode takes video of stuff happening around the car when parked.
I accidentally activated it too this morning and the horns when blaring and the radio turned on full blast for maybe 15 seconds. Quite a shocker and I was in a parking lot also. I think it was due to me being in the car with BT off and sitting for 15-20 mins doing nothing but looking at my phone. The car screen, which was on during the entire time, went black and the side mirrors folded. A couple of mins later, I opened the door and complete chaos erupted. Luckily, the alarm didn't go on forever and I quickly turned back on BT.
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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Jan 24, 2020, 11:21 AM
For some reason iMovie hates the video files my dashcam creates. If I convert them from .mov to .mp4 in Handbrake first they're fine. Got flipped off this week by someone running a red light in front of me in a blizzard - asking to be t-boned. This post is worthless without video, which I need to upload...
For some reason iMovie hates the video files my dashcam creates. If I convert them from .mov to .mp4 in Handbrake first they're fine.
As I understand it, iMovie only supports .mov files using the DV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, and AIC codecs. Your cam is probably using an incompatible codec.
You crossed a solid white line (while signalling), into a turn lane that was still a bike lane. S/he crossed at the broken lines, but without looking or signalling.
Your mystery sound. That isn't a collision, and you had clearance everywhere I could see. There was a curb seam that aligned with the sound, along with a white bag (?) which might have had something lumpy in it. I thought it sounded like driving over a grating, but I didn't see one.
The probable answer here is the 25 pound bucket of calcium chloride I have in the back. I remember wedging it up against the passenger seat, but that could easily be false and what really happened is I left it 6 inches to slide. Hearing it live, it definitely sounded like something in the back sliding forward, but I started to look for other answers based on the memory of securing the bucket.
They keep adding bike lanes around here, but I'm not sure I've seen a single cyclist in the last few years. Of course, this is desert country. It's blazing hot, except when it's freezing cold. Spring & fall can be OK, but people don't seem to pick up the habit. I'm about 50% convinced it's bunk - we're giving up good traffic lanes for cyclists who may never appear.
Maybe Chicago is different. Do you actually see cyclists?
I’ve been behind that guy, and did exactly what you did; wait for an opening and then race past him (probably also hoping he doesn’t wander back into your lane as you pass.)
The express lanes on the Ryan are pretty huge, so I could see why it looks that way.
It’s the Jane Addams Tollway, which is I-90 northwest, between O’Hare and Rockford. They rebuilt it a few years ago, and it’s fantastic. Not the least reason being those huge shoulders.
On the way back, at about 10 at night, it was a 100 mph party the whole way.
subego, your commentary is not impressing. I haven't learned a single new word so far. My dashcam caught something very similar a few years back, and I had things to say. I've been more careful on that turn ever since.
btw, your cam is a 1080p / 170º angle, right? Apparently plates are easy to read with 1080p -- if the viewing angle is only 120-140 degrees. For a 170º field of view, we need 2.5K or better to get the needed pixel density. My first dashcam was a 2.5K / 170º model and plates seemed clear. When that one died, I replaced it with a cheaper 1080p / 170º. Plates have been disappointing since, though I didn't notice right away.
Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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Feb 19, 2020, 03:18 PM
No, that's either the camera or the SD card. I'm sure the hot/cold cycles and a million rewrites haven't been good to the cold, and I don't think it was a name-brand card to start with. This definitely didn't happen when I first got the camera. Maybe I'll have to shell out for a nicer card.
I picked up a SanDisk card which is theoretically built to deal with constant writes, but I get the impression a dashcam will kill any card sooner or later.
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Got the new cams in place. Appointment at 9:30a tomorrow to get them wired up.
I’m jazzed it uses the same startup chime as my old one. It’s become part and parcel to how I think starting the car should sound. With it gone, things were just… wrong.
I unfortunately couldn’t make that last appointment. New one is first week of August. I’d take a shot at doing the wiring myself but my garage is small and poorly lit. Seems like a recipe for failure.
I’ve driven past 12 different Sasquatches since the thread bump, but you’ll just have to trust me, bro.
Check the memory card when you get it back. I've heard of cases where dashcams caught unexpected shop activities, like mechanics "testing" sports cars at high speeds. Maybe the interior cam will catch him with GF making out in the back of the van. Or that your van *can* do intersection burnouts.
Darker because of the tint. The vertical rear window aims the GPS sensor down the street instead of towards the sky, and also tilts the camera too low.
Curved dark bands at the bottom corners are a defroster trace.
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