Comments on: DriveCam

By: David July

David July — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:53:58 +0000

This spam comment appeared today and since I found it amusing, I am reposting it sans the spammy links.

The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had funded a project with US auto makers for the past five years. The NTSB covertly funded a project whereby the auto makers were installing black boxes in four wheel drive pickup trucks in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last 15 seconds before the crash.

They were surprised to find in 49 of the 50 states the last words of drivers in 61.2% of fatal crashes were, "Oh, Shit!"

Only the state of Texas was different, where 89.3% of the final words were, "Hey Y'all, hold my beer and watch this!"

By: pedro guerra

pedro guerra — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:30:15 +0000

Hy I am from Dominican Republic
I will like to know what is the retail price for that systems

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:36:12 +0000

Helping teens drive? Like teens need the help more than any other sap out there unfamiliar with the latest adaptation to the regulations of the road.
Please, cut the patronizing bullcrap, CNN. According to the morning wisdom box, teens have the coordination of a 70 year old when on the cell phone. If you have a problem with that, why is my grandpa driving, you hypocritical turds?
All these cameras will do is make you drive slower and make you less confident in yourself. It's the same logic being used by "red-light cameras". If you see a yellow light and know there's a camera there, what are you gonna do? Speed up, not slow down! You wanna pass it before you get caught in front of the line by a freakin' inch and get ticketed like you know you always will. Murphy's Law.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:46:24 +0000

We have the drivecams installed in the vehicles where I work. While I know the intent is not to be used as a big brother disciplinarian tool, that is *exactly* how it's being used by my employer. They have written some of the most draconian and regressive driving policies I have ever encountered. Example: If you pass through a red light or a stop sign and it is caught on camera, you are fired. No excuses accepted. Icy pavement and you tried your best to stop? Too bad, you're fired.

By: Gawie Liebenberg

Gawie Liebenberg — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:40:58 +0000

Hi there,

I am from South Africa and would like to know what Drivecam users think about the product. Would you recommend this product???

Thanks

Gawie

By: David July

David July — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:48:21 +0000

I suggest contacting DriveCam Video Systems personally.

http://www.drivecam.com/contact-us.asp

By: Rodolfo Cuaycong

Rodolfo Cuaycong — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:45:33 +0000

I have a 16 years old son who just learning to drive, and we want to join the group that uses Drive Cam. Please send information….Thanks!

By: Rusty Weiss

Rusty Weiss — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:12:07 +0000

I sponsored/managed the project in MN using DriveCam with teens. I was not a DriveCam employee at the time. I saw the power of DriveCam (power to improve driving behavior with little to no "Big Brother" side affects)in a fleet for which I was accountable. Since the device only saves 20 seconds just around a high-risk driving event, the drivers (teens or professionals) are mostly in control. As one teen said "I learned how to 'beat' the system – if I slowed down and paid attention to what other drivers were doing I could control when it triggered." I don't expect everyone to understand or to believe – I was not a believer in the beginning. But once you become part of the system you wonder how you stayed out of crashes before without its help.

We continue in research and development and we are looking very closely at the dynamics of the parent/teen relationship to make sure we do everything in our power to help the parent be as good a driving coach as possible. Thanks for listening.

By: M. Frahm

M. Frahm — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:31:53 +0000

I am another parent of a teenager that was part of this same test group. Again, it cost us nothing, but I feel was a valuable tool in helping our daughter understand some of the reasons why we do our best to ensure that she is a safe driver. I apologize in advance for the strong words here, but AS A FIREFIGHTER AND RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER, IT CONTINUES TO SICKEN ME (AND MY FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS) TO HAVE TO EXTCRICATE TEENAGE DRIVERS FROM THE COMPRESSED WRECKAGE OF THEIR VEHICLES, DUE TO AN ACCIDENT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE HAD THEY BEEN MORE AWARE/RESPONSIBLE . From the initial paragraph, the inference is that we participated in this project to spy on our drivers to see what they were up to – nothing could be further from the truth. When our daughter had an 'event' recorded, we simply watched it together and talked about what might have been done better or in a more dafe manner. She is mature enough to be allowed to make her own decisions about her actions, and provided she takes appropriate responsibility for them, we trust her. In terms of actions that can be life-threatening, we as her parents still do shoulder a great deal of responsibility. There was never any "punishment" meted out for camera events, just open caring discussion. I hope that same opportunity is available when our next teenage driver is ready to start behind the wheel.

By: J.Barnett

J.Barnett — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:17:50 +0000

We were part of a test group and the system didn't cost us anything.