Proving Your Case With Recording Technology

Many car wrecks can be proven by the type of damage, the direction of the damage, skid marks on the road, and other indications. Unfortunately, there are a few not-so-rare situations where the evidence on the road may not include strange events from drivers that escaped the scene, or fraud situations that are intended to make you look bad. Here are a few situations that could make future accidents a bit trickier no matter how good you are at driving, along with a few legal protection tools:

Scammers And Exceptions To The Rule

There are some car wrecks that have a seemingly obvious fault. If you rear end a vehicle, you're usually at fault. Left-turn collisions are often the fault of the person making a left turn because they're responsible for yielding to people driving straight or turning right.

Both situations have usual fault scenarios, but there are exceptions. If a vehicle puts their car into reverse and hits you, or if a vehicle slips out of gear on a hill and rolls into your vehicle, it's their fault. If you're turning left and a vehicle speeds over a hill or out of view far too fast for conditions or the speed limit, it's that car's fault.

Unfortunately, it's easy for the person at fault to lie about the situation. Except for extreme situations where the other vehicle was highly exceeding speed limits, or if you can prove that the other vehicle has some shifting problems through an inspection before they can fix the problem, it's all a mystery unless someone has picture or video evidence.

Scammers take advantage of these often obvious situations. Sometimes it's a blatant lie that can be difficult to prove on either side, such as sideswiping another car. Other scams can be more complex and planned, such as the swoop and squat staged accident technique. 

Recording Otherwise Unlikely Situations

The key to scamming or lying about the situation of an accident is hoping that nothing looks suspicious. Court systems--like many government or claim systems--are backed up to the point that your argument will be equal at best to the other party, and worse if your accident looks like an obviously at fault situation.

To combat these difficult situations, get a dash camera (also known as a dash cam) and put a lawyer's contact information into a smartphone. Dash cams can record the width of your windshield at high definition (720p) quality with most basic models, which can show the situation with greater clarity.

You can purchase more than one camera to capture any side view situations, but a windshield-facing camera needs to be there at the very least. Most of these cameras will save information on a small chip called an SD (secure digital) card. SD cards can be placed inside smartphones to copy, email, or text the video information, or can be handed to an attorney.

A car wreck attorney can receive the information via email or text, but make sure that your phone plan has enough data to send the information without going out of service. Contact a car wreck law office like Philpot Law Firm PA to get more information on the best way to get protecting evidence to under their control. 

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