Is It Lawful To Install A Dashboard Camera In Pennsylvania?

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Is It Lawful To Install A Dashboard Camera In
Pennsylvania?
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Yes You can , But There Are Legal Restrictions
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• It may sound surprising to some, but recording
  videos of meteors streaking across the sky is not
  the only purpose of a dashboard camera. Dash cam
  sales have been rising at an exponential rate for
  the past few years, as an increasing number of
  safety-conscious drivers in Pennsylvania are
  looking to equip their vehicles with a device
  that can potentially reduce car accidents.

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Why dashboard camera needed
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• But why would drivers want to document their
  experiences on the road and capture it on video,
  let alone have an audio recording of what goes on
  inside the vehicle? A Pittsburgh car accident
  attorney at Shenderovich, Shenderovich Fishman
  explains that the use of dashboard cameras inside
  vehicles can encourage drivers to drive safely
  and avoid accidents.

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Some Facts
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• Fact 1 Wholesale shipments of dashboard cameras
  in the U.S. in 2018 is up 20 percent from the
  previous year.
• Fact 2 The use of dashboard cams was made
  popular by several countries, including Russia.
  Millions of drivers in Russia installed the video
  and audio recording devices to fight against
  insurance fraud, angry drivers and illegal
  behavior by police officers during a traffic stop.

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• Besides, Pennsylvania law permits drivers to
  install dash cameras in their private cars but
  only as long as they comply with certain
  restrictions. In particular, Pennsylvania law is
  very strict about the proper placement of the
  dash cam in a vehicle.

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PLACEMENT OF A DASHBOARD CAMERA
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• Under Pennsylvania law, dashboard cameras must be
  installed outside the range of airbag deployment
  in
• the lower right corner of the windshield in an
  area that does not exceed 7 square inches
• the lower left corner of the windshield in an
  area that does not exceed 5 square inches
• the upper center portion of the windshield in an
  area that does not exceed 5 square inches.
• As you can see, there are three options when it
  comes to the placement of a dashboard camera that
  meets the legal restrictions.

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Need Car Accident Attorney
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• Consult with the best car accident attorneys in
  Pittsburgh from Shenderovich, Shenderovich
  Fishman right away, and seek their help and legal
  representation. You are going to need all the
  help you can get to secure and obtain
  compensation for your injuries following the
  accident.

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CRAIG L. FISHMAN

• Accident And Injury Litigation
• Pittsburgh, PA Civil Trial Expert

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Contact Shenderovich, Shenderovich, Fishman
Law Finance Building 429 4th Ave, Suite
1100 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 888-98-89467 www.ssf-l
awfirm.com/contact/
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