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running a Nissan Qashqai 1.6 dCi Tenka 5 door hatchback, 17 plate, discussing a friends recent accident, she is a new driver, slowed down on the motorway as were the vehicles in front of her, van behind didn't slow down, hence the bump. she had black box fitted as part of insurance deal, another friend said all cars made after 2014 had black boxes fitted and insurance companies can get them activated/deactivated, googled this but all info appears to be US cars, do new British cars have black box prefitted and if so does my Qashqai?

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First I have heard of this.
Every time I read something like this I think about getting a dashcam

At least your friend has some evidence that it wasn’t her fault
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thanks MikeCG, she is fine but shaken, police sent for her father and told him not to stop at the accident but to go onto the next services and wait there, they took her to the services complete with all her luggage, she was on her way back to Uni
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They're not generally fitted to UK cars, albeit there's probably an exception somewhere.

I wasn't aware all USA cars had them although Tiger Wood's Genesis certainly had one which the Police were able to interrogate and determine he didn't use the brakes until the last moments, and he was going well in excess of the speed limit.
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Its certainly possible...I had an HP Ipaq 5400 handheld PC of the mobile phone looking variety...circa 2000. Embedded in that was a disabled phone with SIM slot which HP at some point was likely going to enable for the Exec boys. They didn't ...ever.

Can't imagine they'd bother with the 4 wheel boxes we drive around...yet.
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Deffo get dashcams fitted. I have them front and rear, and wouldn't be without them now. A few months ago someone bumped me in the rear at a roundabout. No damage done, but it was interesting to view the clip later, just to see how he managed it! He was looking into the roundabout, rather than looking at what was in front of him. He appeared first on my camera exiting a McDonalds. I bet that ruined his "Happy meal!"

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This might be woth a read from “Which - Money” - Dave 😏
Black box insurance, also known as telematics, is a type of car insurance policy that calculates your premium based on the way that you drive.
How black box car insurance works - Which? : https://www.which.co.uk/money/insurance ... dnz0v42gdg

Do not forget if ordering a new J12 there is now an option of a Dashcam #B8452DF6OA

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Is a dashcam still only a standard fit in a Citroen C3? (Apart from Teslas)
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Gloucester, Over here in Germany it is still a touchy subject due to Data restrictions :
“Are Dashcams allowed in Germany? - Germany recently passed a law that accepts dash cam footage as evidence in the highest court, but still rules that any public footage from dash cams must have license plates, faces, and any other personal imagery obscured or blurred to protect privacy.”

There were a few Vehicles around with Dash Cams Installed as Std. but that appears to have changed. There was the :
Subaru Crosstek (plus others) / Cadillac CT6 (seems to be discontinued in 2019) / Chevrolet Corvette (PDR Performance Data Recorder) / Tesla S (X/3) / BMW X7 / Citroen C3 / C5 (appear optional)

So just for your interest take a look at these attachments :
5 Popular Cars With In-Built Dash Cams (With Pictures) : https://motorandwheels.com/popular-cars ... dash-cams/

7 Car Brands with Built-In Dash Cams - Eyewitness Dashcams : https://www.eyewitnessdashcams.com/cars ... dash-cams/
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