Cameras Bought To Catch Corrupt Cops Nab Meteorite
February 15th, 2013 10:19 AM
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The YouTube videos of the meteorite attack on Russia’s Chelyabinsk region come to you courtesy of a new custom. More and more Russian drivers have a video camera on the dash.
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The usually Chinese-made units are on Russian dashs in growing numbers “to provide exonerating evidence after an accident, or to convict a corrupt traffic cop,” writes Der Spiegel.
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They're not just to catch corrupt cops, there are plenty of corrupt civilians too -- criminals, scam artists, bad drivers, etc. There's any number of reasons Russian drivers need to back up their point of view of events.
Aren't Russian courts just as corrupt? What real good is this video evidence?
If you understand Russian or your boss does, video 1 and 3 have NSFW language.
I have read and see that the russian use car camera to catch people walking who try to fraud driver with fake collision.