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Hunting for meteorites, or DVRs win Germany

Following the example of the Germans the Russians began to equip the car cameras. Experts believe a new fashion no more than pampering. Especially that the legal status of video recorders in Germany has not yet been determined.
Rare German article about DVRs without mentioning Russia. With a mixture of admiration and horror they describe what's going on "there the" roads. Accidents varying degrees of improbability, jumping on the hood of pedestrians on the road tanks and fighter planes over ...
Videos from Youtube, not only Europe showed what can happen on the way, but also firmly tied DVRs with Russia. The fall of the meteorite in Chelyabinsk, filmed from different angles, to see the world. "Why do they need so many cameras out there in the car?" - Wondered German motorists, and soon they have started to acquire.

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"Russian Camera" in Germany useless

A spokesman for all-German automobile club ADAC, Peter Mainz (Peter Meintz) of the new fashion responds skeptically. "I think the majority of German drivers are buying cameras in the car hoping to capture incredible shots. Video of Russia in its own fascinating. The practical use of this camera a bit, it's more distracting. Will glance into a different car today - navigation, telephone, camera - as a driver at all possible to look at the road? ».
In contrast to Russia, where courts take videos with inner tubes as evidence of, for example, clarifying the circumstances of the accident, in Germany there is no relevant law in this regard. In each case the decision rests with the judge.
"We know of two civilians in Germany, when the video played a role in the court, - says Peter Mainz. - Most Autochambers simply useless. How can help the camera on the windshield, if someone hit you in the back? Restoring a complete picture of the incident the referee will prefer using testimony ».
Doubtful expert finds and inner filling many inner tubes - in Germany they are called DashCam (colloquially found the name Russen-Kamera - «Russian Chamber"). According to Mainz, for 50 euros you can get a device that is more suitable for complacency, but not for shooting motion

German Autochambers «Made in Asia»

Thomas Aurich: "German riders also bought the camera to film the road" with representatives of auto club agrees and PR-manager of the company Pentacon GmbH Aurich Thomas (Thomas Aurich). A little less than a year ago, the company engaged in the manufacture of photographic equipment, offered to its customers and the camera car. The question price - 99 euros. "Cheap DVRs deservedly get unflattering. But we tried to offer our customers a quality product, it can be seen on its price.
In independent testing, with five other cameras, our well-proven "- said the representative of the German company.
In recognition of Aurich in Germany only about five companies involved in promoting DashCam market. All of them - including Pentacon - cooperate with suppliers from Asia, as the production of cameras in the country is not economically feasible. The idea to add to its range of inner tubes Pentacon company filed its foreign partners.
"We are cooperating with companies from Turkey and the CIS countries, and they were interested in such a model - says Thomas Aurich. - Initially, it was meant only for foreign markets, but in Germany, it also bought - and bad. If customers from Eastern Europe need a camera for security, it is the Germans rather curious as a technical toy. The instruction we specify that users are at your own risk, as the legal status of the camera is not defined in Germany ».
The fact that the camera company meant more to the market in Eastern Europe, it says, and this option as face detection and smile detection. In Germany itself - depending on the situation - this feature may be undesirable from the point of view of the law.

Video of the car? Only with the permission of pedestrians!

The inviolability of the private sphere in Germany, protected by the constitution. Without the prior permission of the country can be removed only significant public persons such as politicians or celebrities. The rest of you need to first get permission - especially if you plan to publish the picture.
"In Germany, you can not just put on the Youtube videos in which a passerby or the other driver may be known, - says Peter Mainz. - The right to own image belongs to that person. If there is no resolution, you have to retouch his face ».
Especially strict laws against covert audio and video. After all, when shooting is done openly, for example, a television crew, a pedestrian at least have the ability to bypass the camera and not to get into the frame.
Small inner tubes on the windshield is not always noticeable when driving the car, and therefore could well be seen as a hidden camera, said Christian Wolff (Christian Wolf), a teacher of German and International Civil Law at the University of the Wilhelm Leibniz in Hanover. Therefore, their use in court is debatable, he writes in his article for a legal magazine Legal Tribune. On the other hand, the lawyer does not deny that the court may restrict the right to the inviolability of the private sphere on the one hand, if the other suffered significant (physical) damage.
In Austria, a discussion on developing DVRs were not - they simply banned. Shooting of the car tamoshnem driver can cost 10 thousand euro fine. In Germany, the inner tubes are legal, but are still in the 'gray' legal areas. Protect your property by using inner tubes can be, just do not infringe rights of third parties. But to take the scenic surroundings on the road drivers are allowed without restriction. As well as falling meteorites - if you're lucky.



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