Mauril Aldophe thought he had a personal injury payday coming
from Beck's Towing of Boynton Beach, Florida. He told police
and a medical clinic that a tow truck had rear-ended him. The
problem for Aldophe: the tow truck involved in the crash was
equipped with a dashcam. The dashcam footage showed what really
happened; Aldophe stopped abruptly in the middle of the road in
front of the tow truck. When the tow truck driver reacted in time
to avoid a collision, Aldophe drove forward several feet and threw
his car into reverse, slamming the rear of his vehicle into the
front of the tow truck.
This recent U.S. news story is an extreme example, but it
illustrates why dashcam use has been growing exponentially across
the globe in recent years. According to WardsAuto, a study by Accident Exchange shows
that as of October 30, 2017, use of dashcam footage in auto
insurance claims had risen 285 percent since January 2015. Russian
drivers have been, perhaps, at the forefront of
