Matcat,

I'm not terribly worried about the interior of the cab.. is the resolution sufficient to grab the license plate of that idiot that just cut you off? Or the smile on the face of the troopie as you fly by at 115mph?

 

Okay, that made me laugh out loud.

 

No not really, you will be hard pressed to find a webcam capable of reading a license plate only because of the resolution, most webcams are 640x480 resolution, with higher end ones being 1.3 megapixel. If your more interested in 'security' footage, I would recomend a descent digital camera or camcorder capable of direct input into the PC, but you will have to shop around as although most digital cams are capable of being used as a webcam, they will only do so at the above said 640x480 resolution. And you would need to capture video at a fairly high quality bitrate with a minimum of 1.3 megapixels (preferably 3+) to clearly see a license plate, and at those quality rates would be way to extremely large a video stream for practical live broadcast using current mobile broadband technology.

 

I know - I've spent the past 30 years in the technology industry, one way or another - I was just handing out rope.

on the other hand, if you want to spend a little money, this system *rocks*, by the specs: http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4068554495.html

 

Rofl, troller! j/k, I have been in the IT and technology world myself for 15 years, was a programmer before getting into driving. That is a nice looking setup too, like the idea of being based on linux using open source technology for expansion, tho is a bit pricey for anything other then serious application.

 

I like the above system and love Linux and the open source movement. That system IS REALLY NICE, but cost is way to high and the cameras probably would not stand up to well on a tractor or trailer, also one would have to worry about powering each camera, furthermore, could they hold up to the xtreme weather a truck would encounter.