Originally Posted by
Jetblu
Go-Pro footage will be inadmissible.
Commercial data recording is approved equipment.
Not true.
All evidence will be used in an inquiry and may be useable in a legal context. In both however , I would expect the quality and value of the evidence to be actively questioned.
Right at the moment, professionally, I am using airliner flight data recorder data to try and analyse aspects of climate change - the same questions apply there also . It's not validated scientific equipment - so how can I use it to derive data good enough *for the purpose *, and what are the strengths and weaknesses in the context. Unsurprisingly, the scientists I'm working with are every bit as demanding as any air accident investigator or barrister I've ever worked with in that regard.
Similarly, data from phones, uncertified GPS, unqualified observers - all of these are regularly used in accident investigations.
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