thats sounds like damaging your property to me. you guys let him get away with that?
helmet mounted camera
- Thread starter ameerj596
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Yes I posted the story of the motorcyclist in Kawartha Lakes being charged with having the camera mounted to his helmet. Just because every officer isn't aware that it is illegal and they compliment someone about having it mounted, doesn't mean at some point your going to find the one officer who does know and charges you.
As for the statement that having a "camera recording" makes your "riding safer" is ridiculous. Sure it may make the occasional cager behave better. BUT YOUR safe riding is up to you and relying on others to "behave" just because you have a camera mounted is begging for trouble. Having said that I record virtually EVERY ride I take, then I just delete the file if noting occurs. I record, not to "make my ride safer" but in the event something tragic were to happen the investigators then have a undeniable recording of what the circumstances were. My camera USED to be helmet mounted until I was made aware, of it being illegal. It is now on my handlebars with a RAM mount.
So please don't tell novice riders that having a "camera recording" makes their "ride safer". It doesn't, that would be like saying if you have insurance your bike will never be stolen..lol. If your going to get in an accident having a camera recording won't make a lick of difference, not like the camera is going to say "watch that car waiting to turn left, he is going to pull in front of you" ALL the camera is going to do is record it. Not like the cager is going to say well I WAS going to turn in front of that motorcycle BUT he had a camera recording so I didn't.
A properly trained MTO tester is GOING to know a helmet mounted camera is illegal and not permit you to take the test as your equipment fails to meet the minimum requirements. So why tempt it? I am taking my M2 evxit test next week, (I let licence lapse and although I had previously ridden for 20 years I had to start back as a M1). My camera mount on the handlebars will remain but the camera won't be inside in. Remember if they cancel your test as you fail to have all required equipment, (therefore you don't show up prepared to take the test), etc you "could" forfeit your $75 tests fee.
As for the statement that having a "camera recording" makes your "riding safer" is ridiculous. Sure it may make the occasional cager behave better. BUT YOUR safe riding is up to you and relying on others to "behave" just because you have a camera mounted is begging for trouble. Having said that I record virtually EVERY ride I take, then I just delete the file if noting occurs. I record, not to "make my ride safer" but in the event something tragic were to happen the investigators then have a undeniable recording of what the circumstances were. My camera USED to be helmet mounted until I was made aware, of it being illegal. It is now on my handlebars with a RAM mount.
So please don't tell novice riders that having a "camera recording" makes their "ride safer". It doesn't, that would be like saying if you have insurance your bike will never be stolen..lol. If your going to get in an accident having a camera recording won't make a lick of difference, not like the camera is going to say "watch that car waiting to turn left, he is going to pull in front of you" ALL the camera is going to do is record it. Not like the cager is going to say well I WAS going to turn in front of that motorcycle BUT he had a camera recording so I didn't.
A properly trained MTO tester is GOING to know a helmet mounted camera is illegal and not permit you to take the test as your equipment fails to meet the minimum requirements. So why tempt it? I am taking my M2 evxit test next week, (I let licence lapse and although I had previously ridden for 20 years I had to start back as a M1). My camera mount on the handlebars will remain but the camera won't be inside in. Remember if they cancel your test as you fail to have all required equipment, (therefore you don't show up prepared to take the test), etc you "could" forfeit your $75 tests fee.
PLau
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You go on about how illegal it is to have a helmet cam and how cops are unaware of that law and how you could forfeit your test fee on a test, BUT most helmet mounted cameras are easily removable and cops can give you a ticket for pretty much ANYTHING. Plate angled? Ticket. Speeding 10 over? Ticket. Riding with highbeams on all the time (which apparently many riders do)? Ticket. It comes down to the cops discretion of how much of a ****** the rider is to slam them with a bunch of tickets.
I don't think many people have a helmet cam with the intent of "making riding safer", its mostly used for recording nice rides or unique events that occur during a ride.
How easily removable? Do you mean easily removed in case of getting pulled over? Because if that's the case, then how would you remove it on the roadside?
squeeze - pull,,,tuck, it is in your pocket.. in the case of a gopro. less than 3 seconds..
Yes. That takes the camera off. How about the mount? I'm trying to make the point that even if you take the camera itself off, a cop could still ticket you for the mount that's left on.
True but had you bothered to read my reply to the poster, you will see that it was they who suggested "RIDING WITH A CAMERA MADE THEIR RIDE" safer. I was merely pointing out that this is not at all the case. A camera makes your ride no safer. I eat oatmeal every morning before I ride, (thankfully with no accidents), so should I post that "eating oatmeal before riding will make your ride safer"? That is just as a ridiculous statement
I agree you can remove the camera fairly quickly, unless you have your gloves on. But as the previous poster pointed out the mount will still remain a fixed and it is more than 5mm tall meaning you can still be charged. Not to mention if the officer pulled you over for your camera it is because he has already seen it, so by trying to conceal it, how do you think that will work out? He can at that point conduct a search to locate the evidence, (camera), you are trying to conceal.
My point on the fact that most officers are unaware was that it only takes ONE. but to also point out your chances of getting a ticket are pretty slim. You are 10000 percent correct be respectful, be humble and your more than likely to walk away with at worst a warning. If you wish to ride with your GOPro on your helmet be my guest. I could care less, just educating all other forum readers. Since when is information a bad thing to have? FYI it isn't the "camera" which is illegal it is the fact that you have anything protruding more than 5mm or attached to the shell of your helmet, (which wasn't designed by the manufacturer to be there, IE snaps for a face shield etc). The exact wording is in the case law from the Kitchener JP's ruling.
He was also asking specifically about using a camera during a road test. We, A few others also stated the same thing), said why risk it. It is a nice or exciting ride, and unless you fail, (which you will be told about after the test, and given the EXACT reasons you failed), your not likely to learn from watching the video. So why risk showing up only to be denied your road test?
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