About 1 in 10 drivers, according to a study by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), have been affected by car accident-related fraud.
According to a survey by the American Automobile Association (AAA), dashcams can speed up the resolution of insurance claims by 25% to 40% by providing concrete video evidence.
In 2017, Linda Johnson was charged with implicating a false witness in an insurance fraud scam. She had paid someone to pretend to witness the accident, claiming that she was in the right and the other driver was at fault. But a dashcam from a nearby vehicle revealed that Johnson had caused the accident. In addition to insurance fraud, she was charged with witness tampering.
The first dashcam was developed in Japan in the 1990s. Although the exact invention of a dashcam is not attributed to a single person, the concept emerged thanks to technological innovation in the field of video recording and security systems.
Initially used by taxis and transport companies to record their journeys, these cameras have gradually spread to individuals, particularly in response to the increase in accident fraud and traffic disputes. Since then, dashcams have evolved, integrating advanced features such as GPS, night vision, and Wi-Fi connectivity.