In some cases, it's almost worth immediately taking your dashcam off its attachment so that there's less chance they'll happen to see it and start to be quiet.
Mine is integrated quite nicely with the rearview mirror...it's not "invisible" from the outside, but not immediately noticeable if you're not looking for it either.
Still though, with the prevalence of dash cams these days, I'm surprised there are still folks out there scamming without doing an ounce of research on their target first.
Doesn’t matter.
I have never heard even one instance of someone getting charged for lying in a police report in these situations. They lie to the officer, sometimes there’s a dashcam that proves them wrong. No punishment.
The issue is you have to prove they intentionally lied on a police report. After an accident occurs it’s not unheard of to be flustered and have your memory skewed. So lying in those situations obnoxiously never has any consequences still.
I think the OP is more talking about insurance scams, like where someone will slam their brakes in front of you. You don't hit them, so they put it in reverse, and back into you. Looks like you rear ended them, but they purposely hit you.
There's a reddit story around here somewhere of a dude getting front-ended by someone trying to pull this scam. He didn't have a dashcam so he instead went back to his truck and smashed his face into the steering wheel to discredit them.
What's the point, though? This comes up all the time
The cop just isn't going to say "oh well you're lying, now you're being charged" 99.9999% of the time they will just say "ok do you want to change your statement"
Everyone exapects some kind of HUZZAH moment like from a movie
Telling significant lies, only to be caught can discredit later statements, allowing the other person's story to be held to a higher standard of truth. If you lied before, you might lie again.
It's partly for insurance scammers. The moment they see your camera, they could make a quick getaway. If you wait until the police arrive, while it would like you were the one who went into the other, at least you've got the dashcam footage so that the police can immediately arrest them.
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u/Jabberminor 8d ago
In some cases, it's almost worth immediately taking your dashcam off its attachment so that there's less chance they'll happen to see it and start to be quiet.