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I'd take someone speeding and paying attention to the road vs someone playing around with their phone which it seems you would have to do to use this app? "...

I'd take someone speeding and paying attention to the road vs someone playing around with their phone which it seems you would have to do to use this app? "...and when you press the shutter as a car is passing and centred on the screen it selects a video snip of the previous one second and next one second"

dfxm12 5y ago
You seem to be making an assumption that this app is only usable by drivers. You don't have to be in a car, let alone in the driver's seat to operate a phone. The lead image in the article is clearly taken from the sidewalk.
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wildrhythms 5y ago
I ride a motorcycle with a helmet mounted GoPro, and I see people on their phone every single day. If there was a monetary reward for reporting distracted drivers I would quit my job and just ride around all day.
- WelcomeShorty 5y ago
  My pet peeve: Incorrect / broken vehicle lights & ignoring red lights. In my country (dash) cams are practically forbidden due to privacy concerns and actively handing over footage of said evidence would get exactly one person in trouble: me, not the perpetuator.
CWuestefeld 5y ago
And in my experience, a key effect of speed limits is that when you're driving that slowly, you're more likely to be daydreaming because there's (99.9% of the time) no reason to pay attention. And that 1-in-a-thousand time in your induced daydream is when you really needed to be paying attention. In other words, higher velocities have longer stopping distances from a purely Newtonian perspective. But from a human factors perspective, making the job boring impairs the operator's reactions, also causing longer stopping distances. Obligatory anecdote: over last summer a new family moved in down the street, put up their own "no speeding!" signs, and pestered the town until they got the town to put one of those radar "your speed is" devices right in front of their house. This seems like a really stupid tactical error. If you're concerned about the reaction times of drivers endangering your kids, the very last thing you should want to do is to put a flashing sign that demands the driver's attention right in your front yard. Why distract the driver from seeing your kids?
- genocidicbunny 5y ago
  > This seems like a really stupid tactical error. A street near somewhere I used to live started seeing more pass-through traffic and lobbied the city to install a speed bump on the street so cars would slow down. Unfortunately, that meant that drivers would speed up to the bump, brake hard (creating lots of noise) to go over the speed bump, or would roll around it via the bike lane. Ultimately the solution ended up closing off the street for through traffic. So yes, ignoring how drivers will react to your machinations is indeed a tactical error.
daveoc64 5y ago
The app is not designed to be used from a moving vehicle. It's intended to be used by someone outside of a vehicle at the side of the road.
- noisy_boy 5y ago
  Because users always use things exactly as intended. How soon until this is monetized and people are trying to make a buck by recording videos while being behind the wheel? That'll surely lower the accident rates.

dfxm12 5y ago

You seem to be making an assumption that this app is only usable by drivers. You don't have to be in a car, let alone in the driver's seat to operate a phone. The lead image in the article is clearly taken from the sidewalk.

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wildrhythms 5y ago

I ride a motorcycle with a helmet mounted GoPro, and I see people on their phone every single day. If there was a monetary reward for reporting distracted drivers I would quit my job and just ride around all day.

WelcomeShorty 5y ago
My pet peeve: Incorrect / broken vehicle lights & ignoring red lights. In my country (dash) cams are practically forbidden due to privacy concerns and actively handing over footage of said evidence would get exactly one person in trouble: me, not the perpetuator.

CWuestefeld 5y ago

And in my experience, a key effect of speed limits is that when you're driving that slowly, you're more likely to be daydreaming because there's (99.9% of the time) no reason to pay attention. And that 1-in-a-thousand time in your induced daydream is when you really needed to be paying attention. In other words, higher velocities have longer stopping distances from a purely Newtonian perspective. But from a human factors perspective, making the job boring impairs the operator's reactions, also causing longer stopping distances. Obligatory anecdote: over last summer a new family moved in down the street, put up their own "no speeding!" signs, and pestered the town until they got the town to put one of those radar "your speed is" devices right in front of their house. This seems like a really stupid tactical error. If you're concerned about the reaction times of drivers endangering your kids, the very last thing you should want to do is to put a flashing sign that demands the driver's attention right in your front yard. Why distract the driver from seeing your kids?

genocidicbunny 5y ago
> This seems like a really stupid tactical error. A street near somewhere I used to live started seeing more pass-through traffic and lobbied the city to install a speed bump on the street so cars would slow down. Unfortunately, that meant that drivers would speed up to the bump, brake hard (creating lots of noise) to go over the speed bump, or would roll around it via the bike lane. Ultimately the solution ended up closing off the street for through traffic. So yes, ignoring how drivers will react to your machinations is indeed a tactical error.

daveoc64 5y ago

The app is not designed to be used from a moving vehicle. It's intended to be used by someone outside of a vehicle at the side of the road.

noisy_boy 5y ago
Because users always use things exactly as intended. How soon until this is monetized and people are trying to make a buck by recording videos while being behind the wheel? That'll surely lower the accident rates.