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Many modern cars have a built-in front camera for features like lane assist and intelligent speed assist. Are there any cars where it's possible to use that camera for the purposes of a dashcam? That is, to somehow record the feed?
If not, why not? It seems silly to have to install a separate dash camera.
I am not aware of any currently available automobile that does what you're asking but certainly it's possible. If the manufacturers wanted to offer that, they surely could. If you were resourceful enough I am sure that the system could be "hacked" and a recording device wired in. There is nothing out of the ordinary with the cameras used on most autos today, so all you'd need to do it tap into the signal whatever it is, and convert it into whatever your recording device requires.
It's probably simpler and cheaper to just buy a dashcam device, however.
