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The released video is suspiciously dark. That street has street lighting. Can it be edited?
by msoad 9y ago
The released video is suspiciously dark. That street has street lighting. Can it be edited?
- romwell 9y agoIt doesn't even need to be edited to be misleading. Simply taking a crappy dashcam video with low dynamic range suffices; it will make an illusion that anything not directly in the headlights of the vehicle is invisible. I don't know how people can believe a single word of the early official statements which claimed that the victim "suddenly" appeared in front of the vehicle. The problem of "it's too dark to drive" has been solved a hundred years ago with the invention of headlights. Here's an experiment anyone can try: turn on the headlights on a dark road, and see if you really see nothing in the lane to your left (driver side). Whatever you do see (which, under normal circumstances would be at least three seconds worth of road ahead) is the way in which the released video is misleading.
- kmonsen 9y agoAlso, if it is too dark to drive at that speed you are supposed to slow down not use it as an excuse after the fact. The speed limit is the max limit, conditions permitting.
- Animats 9y agoThe video is from a third-party dashcam, not the vehicle sensors, says the NTSB.