Re: Fail-safe for keyless entry

["Josepi" <J.R.M.@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had been told in safety meetings these "flight recorders" were coming for
our company vans....WHoa!!! Union strike...LOL

Gives a whole new meaning to a SSD (solid state HDD). You can get about 60GB
for $135 now.
Endless loop and keeps the last 15 minutes or so. May go a long way.

Actually. I take that back about the penknife case. After reading your rant
about the hands full of crap, I empathise with that and a case would be one
more piece of crap in your hands when you are trying to get out of the
vehicle.

Solution? Don't carry it or black electrical tape over the buttons to make
them hard to push. Replace when gooey.

I like the "O" ring under the button, depending on design.


"Robert Green" <robert_green1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The worst incident was deploying the fold out ramp by accident, turning to
try to stop it from hitting the car next to me and leaning on the van's horn
button and then grabbing the keys hard enough to hit the panic button.  I
felt like everyone within 1000 feet was watching me.   Yet the other day,
when someone cut in front of me, I couldn't find the right area of the
steering wheel cover to press to warn them.  There's something wrong with a
design that goes off when you don't want it to, but doesn't go off when you
do.
>>
The dash cam I got from Ebay for about $80 was useful, but you really need
to have a record of what's happening on all four sides of you if you're in
an accident.  A windshield cam won't capture the image of someone T-boning
you while they're running a red light but a side-view cam will.  Put it
together from COTS parts for under $200.  Starts up with the car, goes into
automatic record (with one channel of audio, too) and goes off with the car.

I am going to mod it so that I can also monitor the car when it's sitting
parked to see who's looking inside to see what's what.  Thieves usually
"case the joint" first.  The DVR is a small box that fits easily under the
rear seat.  Cabling and mounting the cams to be unobtrusive was a problem
and still needs refinement.  Right now it runs off the van battery, but I
want to mount a separate 12VDC marine battery to power the rig independently
of the van's power supply.

I got the idea from an episode of "COPS" where they rig up a car with all
sorts of cameras and remote functions.  The leave the "bait" car in places
where people are likely to steal them.  Apparently, that turns out to be
everywhere.  With the Toyota debacle unfolding, having a "flight recorder"
in the car doesn't seem as far-fetched as it used to.  With people texting
while they're driving, a visual record might come in very handy if a serious
accident occurs.  And if I am at fault, a CF card goes missing.  (-:

If I power it from a marine battery, I can also add a 2.4gHz transmitter and
watch what happens out of sight with my trusty Taser (they're having a big
sale on the pro-sumer model).

--
Bobby G.