Dash cam on your motorcycle, anyone?

[p6x]

I received my Ride Texas magazine, and there is an article written by a specialist lawyer who provides legal services to motorcycle riders.

What he is stating is disturbing but given to what is happening in the USA lately, it may makes sense;

1) if you are injured in a crash, it is your responsibility to prove liability.

2) the Insurance company's initial move is to blame the motorcyclist, based on the general accepted perception that motorcycle riders are reckless.

3) In claims without witnesses or hard evidence, it is common from the opposing party to blame your riding as the cause for the accident.

4) According to the lawyer, a video recording does the following:

• Show the exact timing of the impact (helps with proving the suspect was there in case of a hit and run, with later claim that he was never there in the first place).
• Disprove false claims made by witnesses and the police officers; according to the lawyer, it is very common to have witnesses describing the incident in unfavorable ways for the motorcyclist, swaying the police report against him.
• A recording my capture the driver's immediate action after the crash, such as fleeing the scene or initially accepting fault
• In extreme cases, accident reconstruction experts will be able to analyze the dynamic of the accident.

What is disturbing, is he allegedly suggests police officers should not be trusted. Including the video camera they are supposed to wear to record any interaction. Those body camera are often not working, or footage lost, when it is convenient to them. In substance, he is saying that police cannot be trusted to do the right thing.

Does anyone here ride with a dash came on his bike(s), just as a tattle tale?

Edited 14 hours ago by p6x

[Pressureangle]

 I have INNOV front and rear camera set on my 'Sport. I did not have time to install cameras on my BMW prior to last summer's trip, but I had a helmet cam facing forward and missed the integrated system every day. I intend to have at the very least a single 360* camera mounted before the next big ride, probably the GTT. I have cameras in all of my cars now, as well. 

Unfortunate lesson learned; 2 years ago I got hydroplaned into and wrecked my beautiful '94 Chevy pickup. I had F&R cameras in that one as well, but the system wasn't known to me- and was a complete Chinese POS even though wonderful and expensive, because it filed recordings to the card every 30 seconds, and the G-shock system couldn't lock the file until it was written; because I turned the key off before the file was written, the *ONLY FILE* i needed in 2 years of recording was not saved, and I had no evidence. So I went to YouTube, viewed hundreds of crash videos, and bought Rexing brand for all my cars since they seem to have the most videos that actually made it to YT so their system is proven. They also have a tiny supercapacitor to keep the system alive if your battery disconnects or fails. 

The innov system on the Guzzi, iirc, writes the files to the card as it records. 

Oh, and yes, the fine Haitian gentlemen who so kindly helped pick up the pieces lied to the Trooper, who wrote the report as if he never even spoke to me, and reported 'accident, no fault' so I couldn't get paid. My passenger was a WA State prosecuting attorney, member in good standing of the Bar, and the BS went deep enough because the Troop didn't want a racial incident that my insurance paid me what they could, chased the other side for recompense of their own accord but in the end the bastards got away with it. I trust NO part of the justice system...

Kicking this soapbox away before somebody declares me Elon Musk

Edited 10 hours ago by Pressureangle