B.C. Conservative MLA Ward Stamer introduced a bill after a string of deadly collisions on Highway 5, which goes through his riding of Kamloops-North Thompson.
“dashboard camera” means a recording device that is capable of continuously recording the view of the road in front of a commercial vehicle through the commercial vehicle’s front windshield at all times when the commercial vehicle is operating, and meets the following criteria:
(a) retains at least 72 hours of recording;
(b) records at a minimum video format of high-definition video at a resolution of 1080p;
(d) records at the manufacturer’s default settings on the device’s local storage;.
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Any recording made by a dashboard camera must be collected, used, disclosed, retained and destroyed in accordance with all applicable privacy and security requirements, including the Personal Information Protection Act.
The bill as it is written doesn’t appear to be a problem. But the implementation needs to be monitored by those affected.
A small company can grab a cheap dash cam from Amazon that has all sorts of capabilities that extend past what is currently allowed. And those features have a cost that is usually offset by selling data somehow.
I found one model that didn’t have a mic as a feature, but it was available if a firmware patch was applied.
Here’s the bill (emphasis added).
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The bill as it is written doesn’t appear to be a problem. But the implementation needs to be monitored by those affected. A small company can grab a cheap dash cam from Amazon that has all sorts of capabilities that extend past what is currently allowed. And those features have a cost that is usually offset by selling data somehow. I found one model that didn’t have a mic as a feature, but it was available if a firmware patch was applied.
Nice!