Almost 55k 'dangerous driving' dashcam clips sent to police

Close to 55,000 dashcam videos claiming to show dangerous driving were sent by road users to police forces up and down the country in the past three years. Shopped by your fellow motorist: A whopping 55,000 clips of potential dangerous driving have been uploaded to a police database in the past three years as more people inform on other road users, says a report Around one in six of all car drivers on the road are thought to have a dashcam installed. These are the ten forces that have have received the most dashcam clips in the past three years, according to the National Dash Cam Safety Portal One police force received 14k videos in three years Reports last year claimed that 70 per cent of videos sent in had resulted in punishment for offenders, ranging from warning letters to driving convictions and bans. Public-generated video footage can also be used to target driving without due care and attention, contravening solid white lines and red lights, and illegal mobile phone use Ryan Fulthorpe, motoring expert at Go.Compare, said: 'Dashcams not only provide security in the case of a road incident, but can help to prevent them by encouraging motorists to be safer drivers.