Budget dashcam - recommendations? Nextbase?

[Joe]

It is when pretty much every new car has a large screen on the dashboard, usually well out of the driver's central view, using which various control functions must be carried out and satellite navigation followed. This is apparently legal.

A two-inch screen half-hidden behind the mirror and showing a subset of the view through the windscreen can hardly be considered a distraction in that context. Certainly less so than the rear-view mirror itself, at which the driver is *supposed* to look from time to time, taking his/her eyes off the road ahead to do so.

[nibble]

And don't most dashcam screens blank after a few seconds after start-up or last button press, just to meet the requirement for them not to distract the driver. I've had two different ones, and both of them do/did.

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[Davey]

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My three-year old or so Nextbase does not do that. It might be programmable, but I have not noticed it.

[Jeff Layman]

Mine is under the sun visor on the driver side. However, as it's in the area swept by the wiper, I have to remove it before the MOT takes place or it's an immediate fail.

[wasbit]

So it is an offence then?

[charles]

It certainly used to be an offence to have a TV scren within view of the driver, but I imagine the wording has been changed.

[alan_m]

Even with Satnav I believe its illegal to change settings whilst driving.

It may be illegal to position a satnav/dash cam on the screen where it can obstruct the drivers view of the road.

[AlanC]

I've see a few cars (driving along at the time) with the sat nav/phone stuck to the windscreen directly in front of the driver.