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I got left hooked four years ago and despite having numerous witnesses around, none were willing to testify and I lost out majorly.
I record my rides because footage is impartial and I do feel that burden of proof falls on cyclists all to often.
I don't look for conflict, upload to YouTube or consider myself a road warrior at all. In fact, in a couple of occasions aggressive road users have calmed down sharpish and behaved a lot safer around me after having been informed their actions are being recorded.
Ymmv and all that but I for one feel better knowing that I can provide footage should anything happen.
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Ah, but do you, consciously or subconsciously, ride in a way more likely to irritate people because you know you have the protection of the camera?
I don't have a camera and have never had a piggy-wiggy deny my friend request like @Clockwise so I'd say a camera makes you more likely to get into confrontations. Anecdotally of course. But that makes it true.
Hefty
^Sounds like you've already decided that drivers are 'at fault'.
@Clockwise I can think of loads of reasons why not: your life is is for living, not filming, putting every other bikeride on youtube is not benefitting you, you will just become a video making machine, always looking for shit driving and getting into one with coppers. Stop looking for trouble. Get on with something more productive and healing.
What is it all for?