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The RAC is advising motorists to ‘always drive as if you are being watched by the police’ after forces received 32,370 dash cam clips in 2019
Police are receiving an average of 89 dash cam clips of alleged motoring offences every day, with motorists being urged to ‘always drive as if you are being watched by the police’.
In 2019, 32,370 pieces of dash cam footage were sent to the 24 UK police forces that responded to a Freedom of Information request by the RAC – more than twice as many as the 15,159 received the previous year. Furthermore, 8,148 (25 per cent) of the clips received in 2019 resulted in a prosecution.
The Metropolitan Police received 8,082 dash cam clips in 2019 – more than any other force. Surrey was second with 3,542 and West Midlands third on 3,242. Fourth was Gwent Police, which received 3,037, while Greater Manchester Police were sent 2,940.
The footage received by police forces covered a variety of motoring offences, including dangerous driving, careless driving or driving without due care and attention, driving too close to cyclists, contravening red traffic lights, contravening double white lines, contravening ‘no entry’ signs, illegal use of a handheld mobile phone and evidence of vehicles apparently without MOTs.
Dash cam manufacturer Nextbase runs a footage portal where drivers can upload clips to 33 police forces. It’s said to have saved 170,000 hours of police time over two years.
RAC road safety spokesman Simon Williams said dash cams are a “game-changer”, with drivers able to easily submit clips to the police without a road traffic officer needing to have witnessed the incident.
He added: “As so many drivers and cyclists are now using dash cams and helmet cameras, every road user needs to be very conscious that any of their actions that aren’t in accordance with the law could end up with the police. Some will inevitably find this out the hard way while others will hopefully become increasingly mindful of it.”
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if it was an accident you were involved it and you need the footage for evidence i understand , but just to send it to the police just to get people in to trouble i think is bad , it doesn’t surprise people do that, its as if they are better than the people in the footage and they are not really because we all do silly / stupid stuff from time to time .
Sorry, but that is nonsense.
Either drive within the rules of the road, or expect to get reported.The attitude of “just to get people into trouble” is nonsense, that person will probably be a repeat offender, who thinks the rules don’t apply to them, until the day they take another risk and this time it results in death.
I have reported people from my dashcam, such as the biker who decided to overtake three of us by doing so, overtook at speed on double yellow lines, or the idiot who overtook forcing a car coming the other way to serve and brake hard.
Eitger drive. Orrectly, within the speed limit, or expect to. E caught.
dangerous fools
such as the biker who decided to overtake three of us by doing so, overtook at speed on double yellow lines
Considering double yellow lines are only ever at kerb/verge side, that is some fete of accomplishment – riding between the kerb and parked vehicles.
Mind you, the vehicles must have been parked way from the kerbside to allow such an undertaking manoeuvre to occur anyway (or parked almost totally on the pavement/verge if an ‘overtaking’ situation)?
southamman can i ask what age you are , by your comments im going to take a guess and say in your 60’s ,
yes we should all drive by the rules of the road but sometimes we all make mistakes .
i would really like to write more on your comments but i will not because the thread would end up being closed ,
all i will say is its nice to be nice and treat people how you would like to be treated .
We have the latest Nextbase front and rear dashcam, would I report some one who was driving dangerously or cut me up, simple answer No.
We have the fitted the dashcams just in case we are involved in an accident.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
Martinod, age and attitude are not related. I’ve met plenty of people both old and young who are frustrated that they can’t control what other people do.
wigwam yes you are correct , if somone’s an a??? h?? when their in their 60s /70s chances are they were like that when they were younger .
im not young im 54 i know lots people older and younger than me who are like that ….
i just cant see why someone would report other people unless it causes an accident, they wouldn’t like it done to them .
“If you do the crime be prepared to do the time”.
There is a big difference between making a mistake and being an habitual offender, so how do you tell the difference between the two by people reporting an offence via dashcam or any other means.
Everybody makes mistakes in life, and in driving, but that doesn’t mean its OK, if you kill or severely injure someone does that make it OK because its a mistake?
Many older people become less compitant to drive, but they still do, and they become more likely to make mistakes, but just because someone thinks they are safe to drive doesn’t mean they are.
in case anyone thinks im anti police im not iv had no dealing with police and iv only had 2 sp30 in my 38 years driving .
so brydo would you / do you submit your dash cam footage to the police
I personally have not got a dashcam and have never had one. But living in a rural area you see a lot of nutters putting their lives at risk and more importantly other people’s lives at risk. There have been many occasions that I would like to have reported theses idiots and would have no qualms about submitting dashcam footage. This is not to punish people but more to have someone in authority show them the error of their ways. More often than not theses idiots rely on sensible motorists reacting to their recklessness to prevent accidents. There is plenty of evidence to show that many innocent peoples lives have been lost in accidents that they did not cause and were powerless to prevent.
I am sure that reckless drivers adjust how they are driving when they see a police car because they know what they are doing is wrong and dangerous. With the proliferation of dashcam footage being submitted to the police hopefully more drivers will think twice about breaking the law and make the roads safer for everybody. Think I might have a trip to Halfords.I have replaced my Transcend Pro 200 and 220 which are becoming obsolete with the latest Nextbase, I have to admit the Nextbase is far superior to the expensive transcend Pro, I have offered to fit them to the daughter and son in laws cars, strangely they don’t want them. So they are confined to my bottom draw.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.
Martinod I don’t have a dashcam but if I did I would have no problem passing footage to the police.
And if you were caught on dashcam swerving into another lane and forcing another car to take violent avoiding action and that footage was then sent to the police (even though you had to make that manoeuvre to avoid someone who pulled out on you but the footage missed that part) you would be happy with the penalty and fine/points etc then?
And if you were caught on dashcam swerving into another lane and forcing another car to take violent avoiding action and that footage was then sent to the police (even though you had to make that manoeuvre to avoid someone who pulled out on you but the footage missed that part) you would be happy with the penalty and fine/points etc then?
That assumes that you would get fine/points of course.
Why would the footage have missed it? The car is behind.
I was in the right lane behind the car that had to slam on and I didn’t see the car pull out but the OH did and told me after, when I got home I checked the footage on my cam and the car pulling out was completely obscured by another vehicle to my left.
If it was me that sent my footage in it would look like it was done without a reason.
Vinalspin rather than thinking about your particular instance consider getting the many risk takers off the road. It is a cliché but sending in footage of wrongdoing is for the “greater good” stopping dangerous drivers from killing/injuring people must be a positive, not to mention removing “rear ender” insurance claims.
Martinod I don’t have a dashcam but if I did I would have no problem passing footage to the police.
I feel humble that I’m in the company off so many perfect people,
OMG I can not believe what I’m reading it sounds as if there’s so many absolutely perfect people on here who make no mistakes and if for some reason they stop being perfect and make a driving error they would be happy for dash cam footage to help get them a fine and points on their license , I don’t believe it.
I feel humble that I’m in the company off so many perfect people, OMG I can not believe what I’m reading it sounds as if there’s so many absolutely perfect people on here who make no mistakes and if for some reason they stop being perfect and make a driving error they would be happy for dash cam footage to help get them a fine and points on their license , I don’t believe it.
First off, I don’t have a dash cam… but if I did there are times I would report WILLINGLY
I think it depends on the state of the bad driving Martinod, I’ve screwed up overtaking as I’m sure we all have and put my hand up to apologise, and that’s normally it, but I too would happily send dashcam footage off to the police if justified, for instance when you have an HGV on the motorway sitting right on your bumper in the 50mph speed limits, trying to use it’s size to intimidate (I did have an HGV2 licence) Or idiots boy racing in 30mph zones.
Most people (The police included) can tell the difference between a mistake and reckless/dangerous driving and should and will act accordingly.
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If you make a mistake and there are no consequences then no one will send footage of that to the police, however if you make a mistake and damage is done, you are still responsible for it.
Would I like someone to send footage of something I did wrong, absolutely not, but that doesn’t mean its the wrong thing to do.
I drive for a living and regularly make errors of judgement. However I also regularly see drivers who quite simply should not be on the road. I have two daughters who drive and although I dont have a dash cam at the moment I would not only be delighted to report the idiot fringe to the police but I would also deem it my duty to do so.
In all honesty if I were driving like an idiot I hope someone would report me as well. I would just ask those who feel that it is somehow “snitching” to report someone driving badly, what if that bad driver went on to badly injure or even kill a close member of your family or close friend? Would you really be so forgiving, because I know I would’nt.
No one is perfect but bad drivers cause accidents as well as stressing out other drivers. It’s not about being perfect as some have alluded to, it is about being safe and respecting all other road users.
Hi, I have a pair of dash cars fitted front and rear. The front one records what you would expect. The rear one often records drivers pulling up behind me. They will be using a phone, they keep looking up to see if I have moved forward. Then generally they see the dash cam pointing right at them or the sticker on the rear window that informs them ” Warning DASH CAM Recording”. Most tend to stop using the phone.
If ever I have a recording of someone driving in to our car using a phone, a copy of that video will be handed to the police.
record and give to the police or record for your insurance policy protection as proof , as I believe that’s what they were intended for.
I don’t think it’s nice to be deliberately do something to get someone in to trouble with the police
I think we all have our own idea of what’s right on this topic, so I think I’m going to leave it there
I always believe treat people how you would like to be treated
I have dashcams front & rear, primarily to capture evidence in the event of an accident. I’ve had dad and for years and never reported anyonez
humans make mistakes and can be stupid at times but i would only report if was needed ie if my dashcam caught footage of another accident or a request for footage of a place / time.
My dashcams also work as extra survallience outside my house.
I think it’s down to personal choice and freedom whether people decide to have dashcams or not and report of not. Our perspectives and attitudes are very individual & we can only react within the confines of what we personally believe.
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