Should you have a dash cam in your car to protect you from negligent drivers in Kansas?

There are so many careless drivers in Wichita and across Kansas who drive while not paying attention that the short answer is yes, buy a dashcam to protect yourself from reckless and negligent drivers. There are many reasons why this is a good idea. Today, most people are too busy dialing on their cell phone, texting, looking at snapchat and Facebook while driving that it is important to protect yourself.

Car Accident Injury Lawyers know that the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) reported in their 2021 Crash Facts Book that the number one contributing cause of motor vehicle crashes was due to driver inattention. In fact, the KDOT reported that 90,045 motor vehicle crashes happened in 2021 alone across Kansas. 2,158 of those accidents were alcohol related.

You need critical evidence to prove the other driver was at fault. A dash cam can do the following for you:

• Preserve the factual evidence of why the other driver was at fault.
• Be used at trial to prove you were not negligence.
• Can capture the speed and evasive maneuvers of the other vehicle as well as of your own vehicle.
• Help establish the severity of the car accident.
• Help prove if someone ran a light or stop sign.
• Show that the other driver's behavior was more than negligent and show they acted recklessly without regard for human life.
• Capture the defensive maneuvers you took to avoid the car accident.

If you are going to do this, remember that it can backfire. The same dash cam can prove:

• You were speeding or driving negligently.
• That you were not staying in your proper lane of travel or were not obeying a traffic sign or signal.
• That you have comparative fault for your own poor driving.

Once you decide to buy a dash cam make sure it can do the following:

• Records the events until you manually erase them.
• Allows you to easily download to a computer or laptop.
• Be careful about having audio on because if you are listening to music or talking and distracted that can lean towards making you negligent as well.
• Has excellent nighttime visibility for recording so that it provides a well defined picture of what the other driver was doing at the moment of accident.
• Can record to the front and back in case you have a rear end collision.

Remember that Bull Attorneys® have been helping people in Wichita and across Kansas for more than 4 decades having started in 1983. We have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for our clients. Your call is free. You can call 316-684-4400. We staff our phone 24 hours a day for emergency calls by injured car accident victims.