Bicycle Austin forum

Reading about so many hit-and-runs, and drivers getting off easy because there was no proof of their negligence, it occurred to me that a small rear-facing camera under the bike seat would provide good evidence in such cases.  The problem is rigging up something.

I just learned of a very small video and still camera called the Go-Pro that is actually designed to be mounted on bikes.  (and helmets and surfboards and cars etc.)  It has a wide lens, a waterproof housing, and can be set to take a 5 megapixel still picture every two seconds.  Cost is from $99 to $300 depending on video resolution, but they all seem to take 5 megapixel stills.  You can take pictures for more than an hour with the smallest memory card, and just erase and start over if you avoid an incident. 

This is starting to sound like spam, but I have no financial interest in this product.  There are many famous legal incidents that we would never have heard of if it were not for video or photography.  Perhaps if the police and the public saw what leads up to a bicycle injury they might be more sympathetic to cyclists.