why every car these days doesn’t come with built in dash cam technology
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Cost. Ford just decided to pull the self parking feature from their cars to save money as it costs $60 per vehicle. Why would they want to add a dash cam.
Russian dash cam Youtube videos, make me wish the US adopted dash cams the same way as Russia has.
I don’t need them to have one pre installed. But I want a usb port on top for me to easily install one
Legality, cost and demand. It’s not mandated anywhere AFAIK. It’s added cost. The legality is different from region to region and a lot of people don’t really care about it that much. Especially when you add the cost factor.
Because many OEMs have a pretty horrible deals with radio suppliers. One small change in the software stack costs hundreds of thousands let alone a major feature change. This is one of the reasons why we don’t have nice things. Except Tesla they did everything in house and didn’t need to deal with shitty radio suppliers.
ps I know someone who works in radio team at an OEM and I asked them this question
Mercedes at some point, would have red turn signals because the orange ones were more expensive. Every little cent counts a lot when you produce so many cars. So unless it’s mandated, no one will go out of their way.
Honestly would you really really want that??
Consider this, OP: a recently published article by Mozilla (see [here](https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/)) tested 20+ car makers from across the globe and found that exactly ALL of them happily raped your privacyin every concievable manner every time you used your car. They know how you drive, what you listen to, who you call, how many passengers you have, where you go, and, for owners of cars such as Tesla that have cameras as a standard feature, they also have video.
Knowing this, would you still want a factory-installed dashcam?
Then, there’s cost (small options add up to the total cost) and the fact that dashcam laws vary significantly across the world and by state (in the US), making it a complicated subject.
Shit, I almost forgot the kicker: if the dashcam were factory installed, the data could easily be used against you by law enforcement or insurance companies to prove speeding, dangerous driving, or worse.
At least in most of the EU these would be illegal. Privacy is taken seriously here and recording in public is not allowed unless you get explicit permission, like a film crew would need if they were filming a movie. Even outdoor security cameras need permits and/or agreements to be installed if they record public places or other peoples property.
Because of this it took over a decade for google street view to become available in Germany for example.
In practice these rules aren’t enforced for user installed dash cams, at least as far as I know, but I doubt any manufacturer would want to risk a direct confrontation with the law.
Dash cams are – for example – not allowed in Germany.
Surveillance of public space is forbidden by law.
We value our privacy quite a bit here.
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