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2011-12-15 10:59 AM
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Subject: RE: Driver caught on Tape
baxt3r - 2011-12-15 10:45 AM
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baxt3r - 2011-12-15 10:33 AM

I keep seeing "the car didn't look that close" over and over again.  If the rider was using a GoPro camera, it makes distances a bit harder to judge.  I use one making videos on my jet skis and you rarely get what you see at close distances.

 

Here is a good example from when I was playing around with my GoPro.      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcK9-OvEbqc&list=UU9iTUtbeA7Xtia... video makes the table look a lot bigger than it is. 

 

If that's the case,  and I'm sure you're probably right,  it becomes fairly useless as evidence in court.  A jury will see what the video shows.

 

Not entirely true.  All it would take is a simple demonstration involving the camera used and a tape measure.  Not hard at all.  Whether it would be admissable is an entirely different story.

 

No, what it would require is an exact reproduction of where the bike was in relation to the car to show what the camera caught.  Video is great for grabbing lilcense plate numbers, not so great as evidence to a jury.....ask Rodney King.  It's REALLY poor evidence once you can show that the image is most likely distorted.....a defense attorney's dream.  I'll stick with my original assertion of "fairly useless".



2011-12-15 11:15 AM
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It's easy to see in the front & back videos the car was approx. a foot from the CL of the road.  Typical lanes widths for that type of highway is about 12 ft.  A car that size is about 6 ft wide.  If he's riding 1.5-2 ft from the white line, doing basic math:

12-1-6-2 = 3 ft space between car & cyclist.

Looks to me the charge won't stick for Reckless Driving.

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