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Dash cams have been a thing for decades

• Markoff 2mo ago
  and they are banned in Austria and prepare to pay hefty fine if police notice them https://www.oeamtc.at/thema/vorschriften-strafen/zulaessigkeit-von-dashcams-im-oesterreichischen-strassenverkehr-16180594 https://www.oeamtc.at/thema/vorschriften-strafen/zulaessigke...
  • hurfdurf 2mo ago
    That article doesn't say they are blanket banned in general. Indiscriminate, permanent saving of recordings and distributing the footage is banned. Using the dashcam to document incidents or accidents with saving a limited time span of video triggered by a sensor/timer is allowed.
    • Markoff 2mo ago
      TLDR pretty much all dashcams are banned, if police randomly stops you and find you have there recording without being in accident, it's illegal