Dashcams and Parking Mode | All You Need to Know

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Many types of incidents can happen while you’re away from your vehicle. From a simple door ding in a parking lot, to a hit-and-run accident by a careless driver, or a smash-and-grab burglary; your car’s essentially a “sitting duck” when it’s unattended. Whether it’s your family’s only means of transportation or one of your company fleet vehicles, you can never be too prepared for when things go wrong. A dashcam with parking mode provides proof and security by watching over your property, even when you can’t.

This video covers a bit about dashcam parking mode feature. We explain the basic concepts of dashcam parking mode and more, such as:
• What is parking mode? (0:50)
• Why would parking mode be useful? (for personal(2:53) & fleet vehicles(3:58))
• How to enable parking mode in your vehicle. (4:33)

Let’s begin with what parking mode is.
Parking mode is a loosely used term for when a dashcam remains powered on inside a vehicle that isn’t being operated. This feature goes by a few names depending on the brand of the dashcam. The BlackVue and AVIC brands refer to this feature as “Parking Mode” while the brands DOD Tech & Thinkware refer to this feature as “Parking Surveillance.” For the sake of continuity, I’ll refer to this feature throughout as parking mode. In both cases your dashcam becomes a surveillance system when you’re not operating your vehicle.

It’s important to note that true “parking mode” means that the dashcam is capable enough to know when the vehicle is parked, usually with the assistance of built-in GPS positioning. The dashcam then enters a different mode of video recording called parking mode. What this means is that instead of constantly recording video files to the memory card, which is what happens when you’re driving. A dashcam with true parking mode functionality means the dashcam detects when your vehicle is parked. From that point on, the dashcam is on alert for movement or motion, but it is not actually recording anything to the memory card yet. When a person passes near your vehicle or if an impact to the vehicle is detected, the dashcam then springs into action and saves those events to the memory card. This way you don’t end up with hours of useless recordings on your memory card; only events of interest are stored for your review. Brands we recommend with true parking mode are https://www.thedashcamstore.com/blackvue/ and https://www.thedashcamstore.com/thinkware/

Now, less advanced dashcams without true parking mode functionality can still be wired in a manner that they stay on while the car is parked. Instead of being on alert for motion and impact, it will simply record all the time regardless of what may be happening near your vehicle. The drawback of this approach is that your memory card needs to be large enough to hold numerous hours of footage. Otherwise any important events may be overwritten before you return to your vehicle and save the footage you want to keep. Furthermore, it’s time consuming to review numerous hours of footage in search for that one moment that’s important to you. Therefore, you want to find an advanced dashcam that features true parking mode functionality, if keeping an eye on your vehicle while you’re away is important to you.

Why would parking mode be useful for personal & fleet vehicles?

For personal vehicles:
Burglary of your vehicle usually happens while you’re far away from your car or possibly while you’re sleeping. Normally, there isn’t much you can do about it aside from purchasing an expensive alarm system. Now you can use your dashcam as an anti-theft device: as a deterrent or even as evidence against whomever broke into your car.

Imagine someone sideswiping your vehicle while you’re parked on the side of a busy street. Without a parking mode enabled dashcam, an insurance claim would have to be paid for by your own insurance company, rather than by the culprit or their insurance company.

For fleet vehicles:
Using a dashcam parking mode isn’t only beneficial for personal use, it’s just as valuable for fleet vehicles. Not only can you check on your drivers while they’re on the road but, with the parking mode feature enabled you can check on your vehicles when they’re off the road and the engine is shut off.

Also, as a commercial vehicle, thieves often target fleet vehicles in hopes of stealing the cargo. Whether you want to hold your drivers accountable or monitor your vehicles and their cargo, parking mode provides that security even while parked.

Thank you for watching and as always, drive safe!

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