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I have been in a Speed Awareness course where one of the people that according to the paperwork she had was doing 32 in a 30 limit. There were also 2 with 33 in the same spot. Also having been a UK firearms owner and seen some of the nit-picking by police over the decades apart from complete lack of knowledge a lot of the time I am less charitable. As a photo/video journalist again the police really didn't have a clue most of the time hence https://phnat.org/ Even now, whist it has generally improved, it is not good. So don't involve the police unless you really need to. Besides, they have more than enough to do. Where I am, we got together and came to an agreement all the cameras overlap and cover, so there are no blind spots. As you suggested, none go directly into anyone's windows. Then again, there is enough distance between the houses to do this easily. There are also multiple self activating lights.

Agreed. However Absolutely not. A Police Officer can and will use the letter of the law (as they see it) regardless of common sense. Hence, saying not to involve them at all.

Yes, but.... and it is the "but" that gets expensive. This is a good guide https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-cctv-using-cctv-systems-on-your-property/domestic-cctv-using-cctv-systems-on-your-property as is this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/McNaes-Essential-Journalists-Si-C3-A2n-Harrison-dp-0198898827/dp/0198898827/ which is updated every 2 years. This one covers video, photography and a lot of associated things. It is very useful when the Police try to tell you otherwise. Again, to be fair, this is usually an area they are not experts on unlike the crimes they usually have to deal with.

I have the flex rear seats and the roller bot cover but not the left/right driving for the lights. Which I didn't realist until I checked a couple of days ago. Also front fogs are not LED I also found two less hooks in the boot so asked for 2 more which they threw in. The cargo nets were there (unopened) I had an April 2024 Registered car but a 2023 Mfr according to the Vin. Mine tells me I have 17-inch tyres too. Though, I have the 18 inch Miran alloys and 18 inch tyres fitted. As mine was a Škoda Dealer Demo with 3K4 miles on the clock (and other toys) I had a good deal but.... sometimes you do think some of the other toys might be nice.

The original post may be 8 years old, but the current comment are, well, current. The information hasn't changed much anyway in that time.

The average police person will not know/understand all the law involved. To be fair it is not their main concern compared to the thousands of other laws they have to contend with on a daily basis. BTW you are wrong saying "as long as the majority of the FOV is on your property, you're fine." last time I checked it wasn't majority it was "all". Then you get into blurring/pixelation etc and what, if anything, the Police person knows/understands about the law in this area. Which if they have looked at the law for the first time just before coming out will be their first impression of it and to cover their arse. Usually you will know your own property and that of the neighbours, the weak spots, where to put cameras and the normal flow out side one the road. You are also as likely to know the external threats as much as the police. So overall you will know more than the police in this respect. What do you actually need to talk to them about? Also anything you say will be remembered and can be used in evidence etc. Also anything they see in the house. Finally if they know you have CCTV and know what it covers it puts you in a difficult spot if they come to you for footage.

DO NOT TALK TO PLOD! Lots of good reasons not to. But do get professional advice. As noted by others read the home office regs for England and Wales on CCTV cameras and privacy. Do talk to neighbours. Between the three of us we have overlapping coverage with not pixelation. Fortunately we own the drive in front of the gardens and can cover that too. We also talked to the other four further up and basically anyone coming into the road is covered by multiple cameras at all times. Anyone looking to do anything dodgy isn't going to do just one house/car so we cooperate. Back gardens are different. We look after our own but it is difficult for anyone to approach from that direction. Yes. Swann have/had known weaknesses. As do all the similar Chinese makes. I must admit I haven't been keeping you with it over the last couple of years. There are lots of things you can do. Change the default port numbering. Change ALL the passwords from any defaults. Also the default ip addressing. Normally everyone uses 192.168.0.* Whilst 192.168 are "local" network you can use any numbers in the range 0 to 255 in the third position, Pick something random. eg 192.168.137.* One tip most can't do is hard wire don't use wireless. My place is fully Cat5 hardwired and no wifi in the building. Well there is one in the summer house, when we turn it on but it is physically disconnected to the main network unless we want to use it.

Yes. I got a cycling water bottle (my son cycles a lot). Went through the processes and when the app said it was in I phoned first to check before going. The thing is there is a code that has to be entered into your app to prove you collected so the staff can't disappear the item. So phone Skoda direct (the number is in the app) and tell them what happened. If the item did get to the dealer they will have to produce it. (or buy a replacement)

The problem is these systems, for legal reasons, assume that the driver is fully alert and instantly able to take over. This is not something Civil Airline autopilot assumes, and they have more time and space. Whilst the ACC might react faster than you might have done, it still has to maintain a legal safe distance, so if it doesn't react the driver can still react safely according to the law. IE the legal safe thinking distance and breaking distance etc. Therefore if the ACC fails for any reason at any point the liability is the drivers not to hit anything. Hence, the problems with different thinking/breaking distances in different countries, where the car could travel through several countries in Europe without stopping and "resetting". My worry is that with ACC, lane assist with an automatic gearbox, drivers will lose concentration and not pay attention, which could lead to far worse accidents. Which will all, legally, be the driver's fault.

A picture might help. Working out which grey you mean is a gray area.

So it does interfear with it? Do you have any pictures? Though, aren't the ones you fitted different? They looked longer than these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005380154836.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.45bd1802zzmuTb

Now I understand. You mean changing settings in the user interface. I was thinking you meant changing the source code, as there are some places that do hack the actual source code and firmware.

Just about to order a set and for a final sanity check I tried my bonnet and yes, it is "heavy" compared to other bonnets (from memory) possibly because it is shorter and has less leverage? However, there are some rubber (?) blocks that seem to be for sound/vibration damping I assume everyone else has these (a 2024 car, 2023mfr) and these struts don't foul these at all?

If you are changing the firmware/software, it almost certainly does affect the insurance and warrantee. If it is other than changing settings that are available to change, how do you test the modified software? .

Also watch the first 5 seconds of the video of the hood opening. The struts are the opposite way to the way he then fits them in the video..... That said, looking at the many strut fitting videos on that channel, it seems 50/50 as to which way up they fit them.

Agreed. A pity you can't. Me to, though I don't use it in heavy traffic because of the constant adjustment required. However, I have noticed that in the last year, since getting the Karoq, on the serval motorways and dual carriage ways I use CC is becoming far more useful as more cars do seem to be at a constant speed. I assume that this is more people using CC. SO I have got back into the habit of using it.

I can recommend a Priest to do an exorcism....

That is what will change.

Agreed the for the EV's this will be a certainty. However, we were discussing it for ICE. So it will be adopted for EV's and then the new Hydrogen vehicles (this is where the ongoing R&D is) Depending on how long this takes to come in, it remains to be seen if it is applied retrospectively to older ICE. It will probably not be cost-effective for a dwindling market of a multitude of very different systems that may or may not be workable for this. The thing is we talk about it for 5 or so years whilst the car companies and Tier 1's look at the feasibility. Then 5 years to design it in, so you are looking like a decade minimum. Once the automotive companies have a solution, then the government does the law (as written for them by the industry and the Civil Service) and it comes in, usually with a couple of years public warning. BTW last time I asked, fully autonomous cars on UK roads were still a few decades off, but that was from the Head of Functional Safety from a well known UK/EU brand in a 1 to 1 chat over coffee. Marketing and corporate may say otherwise... BTW, I know about automotive software, firmware and electronics. I know F all about mechanics and changing a wheel or fitting petrol is my limit :-)

Truck software was appalling when I looked at some 25 years ago. So much so that I put my concerns in writing and signed it. However, it has improved, I hesitate to say "a lot" over the last couple of decades. Mainly due to court cases rather than a desire for engineering excellence.

I only had a view of some of the electronics and software stuff, not the mechanical. The last ones I saw being discussed is that an MoT will look at and check the version numbers of software/firmware installed. These would have to be up to a certain level to pass the MoT (obviously dependent on version of car) Also checking cars had had all the (firmware/software) recalls sorted. Now this will screw any 3rd party software an owner had added. IT will also cause a problem for people modifying cars and swapping parts from other vehicles. I stopped paying attention in 2023 so I am not sure where it has got to. This is usually working a decade ahead of the law(s) as the automotive world has to design in these things and deploy them. Also, this would as discussed need a big change at MoT Stations. The methods of doing it all were still being thrashed out when I came off the group doing it. We seem to be heading to Authorized Service centres and the lost of small garages and the smaller MoT stations. Apparently it is "progress" despite having been involved in automotive Sw and electronics (trying to make it safer) the Money and companies have different objectives.

If you say so..... I will wait until I see the Insurance companies reaction after a claim goes in. However, there are a lot of changes coming down the line for MoT's

They will keep UK cars in line with EU rules as the UK automotive market is still part of the EU and given the polls... the UK is likely to rejoin the EU in some form or another. Besides, both industry and the Universities are demanding closer ties to the EU as well as being in lock step on many of the EU regulations. The problem of ACC was discussed at length in 2012-13 about harmonizing EU motoring laws because for ACC: what is the required distance between vehicles? I recall being on a panel at a conference where this came up (In Coventry, I think). You might need your ACC to change the gap in different countries. If you drive with a UK car to France, then into Belgium, Netherlands and Germany, that would be four possible changes to the legally required gap in one day. Possibly without stopping or restarting the car for three of them. You are going to say: "What legally required gap?" This comes down to the Highway Code, and equivalent in other countries, Stopping Distances, your insurance companies, and the risk, all of which will be expensively discussed in court. The automotive companies will reduce their risk of being sued by ensuring the gap is at least the minimum required thinking distance. Note: as this is a "driver aid" and the driver should be able to take over at all times should the aid fail. Therefore, it is not a Critical System (BTW the same applies to ABS and other driver aids) read the small print in the full details buried on a web page somewhere as indicated in your owner's manual. :-) 2o or so years ago I was working on an industry-wide project with one of the subbies who was also doing the R&D for forward-looking radar for acc and lane assist for a major car manufacturer and did some of the first trials in the UK. Many of the hypothetical (he said) problems were discussed over coffee and at lunch. These were the technical problems ever mind the legal, which came up a few years later when it was determined to be technically possible in mass production vehicles. My own Karoq has CC and I use it, but I would not have ACC or Lane Assist.

Now no longer available :-( (May 2025) Can anyone else recommend a different one they have used and is known to work?

In another thread, today about adding soundproofing to a Škoda.... If Insurers are getting like that, imagine what they will do with an Engine swap. Quite apart from the problems with the software which is as important, actually more so, than the mechanical parts. .