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Can anyone explain why I see so many dashcam videos from Russia?

DanBC 14y ago
Terrible roads, terrible cars, terrible drivers, a lot of alcohol, and terrible insurance companies mean that people want dashcams to try to help present their side when there's an accident. Youtube is full of really scary Russian dashcam videos.
jws 14y ago
I believe it is a defense against deliberate accident and injury extortion.
- johnward 14y ago
  Yep. I've seen a few where pedestrians attempted to get hit.
johnward 14y ago
If the crazy shit that is caught on dash cams was going on every day I'd have one too.
rdtsc 14y ago
Corruption. * Pedestrians are corrupt -- they throw themselves in front of your car then sue for damages. * Other motorists are corrupt -- they lie about the accident facts * Cops are corrupt -- easily bought off and bribed (or tapped through nepotism)
- diminish 14y ago
  this was the exact explanation given by a driver with a dashcam to me. in russia, most police do not feel responsible to organize traffic, help solve deadlocks, and give service to citizens. they behave like a mob entitled to rob you in a various ways due to false,confusing interpretation of legal texts.
gambiting 14y ago
People stop right in front of you on the motorway so you would crash into them,and then sue for damages. If you manage to stop in time,they will reverse into your car, and then they will lie about you hitting them. Dashcams prevent all of that,and from what I heard at least half the drivers in Russia now have them.
missing_cipher 14y ago
Insurance companies charge you less if you agree to install a dash cam.
reader2000 14y ago
Here's a detailed article on why dash cams are common in Russia: http://jalopnik.com/why-russians-are-obsessed-with-dash-cams-5918159 http://jalopnik.com/why-russians-are-obsessed-with-dash-cams...
dpiers 14y ago
As other people have stated, insurance fraud is a very real risk and dashcams help protect drivers from scammers. Here is an example of what they're dealing with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjj-1L6qeOc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjj-1L6qeOc
chenster 14y ago
Here's why from Mashable.com http://mashable.com/2013/02/15/why-russians-have-dash-cams-caught-meteor/ http://mashable.com/2013/02/15/why-russians-have-dash-cams-c...
edouard1234567 14y ago
Useful in the event of a meteorite crossing the street.

DanBC 14y ago

Terrible roads, terrible cars, terrible drivers, a lot of alcohol, and terrible insurance companies mean that people want dashcams to try to help present their side when there's an accident. Youtube is full of really scary Russian dashcam videos.

jws 14y ago

I believe it is a defense against deliberate accident and injury extortion.

johnward 14y ago
Yep. I've seen a few where pedestrians attempted to get hit.

johnward 14y ago

If the crazy shit that is caught on dash cams was going on every day I'd have one too.

rdtsc 14y ago

Corruption. * Pedestrians are corrupt -- they throw themselves in front of your car then sue for damages. * Other motorists are corrupt -- they lie about the accident facts * Cops are corrupt -- easily bought off and bribed (or tapped through nepotism)

diminish 14y ago
this was the exact explanation given by a driver with a dashcam to me. in russia, most police do not feel responsible to organize traffic, help solve deadlocks, and give service to citizens. they behave like a mob entitled to rob you in a various ways due to false,confusing interpretation of legal texts.

gambiting 14y ago

People stop right in front of you on the motorway so you would crash into them,and then sue for damages. If you manage to stop in time,they will reverse into your car, and then they will lie about you hitting them. Dashcams prevent all of that,and from what I heard at least half the drivers in Russia now have them.

missing_cipher 14y ago

Insurance companies charge you less if you agree to install a dash cam.

reader2000 14y ago

Here's a detailed article on why dash cams are common in Russia: http://jalopnik.com/why-russians-are-obsessed-with-dash-cams-5918159 http://jalopnik.com/why-russians-are-obsessed-with-dash-cams...

dpiers 14y ago

As other people have stated, insurance fraud is a very real risk and dashcams help protect drivers from scammers. Here is an example of what they're dealing with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjj-1L6qeOc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjj-1L6qeOc

chenster 14y ago

Here's why from Mashable.com http://mashable.com/2013/02/15/why-russians-have-dash-cams-caught-meteor/ http://mashable.com/2013/02/15/why-russians-have-dash-cams-c...

edouard1234567 14y ago

Useful in the event of a meteorite crossing the street.