I figured in this blog post I would talk about how I select what dashcam bits get put into a Phoenix Asshole Drivers video. It’s not just what causes me the most PTSD (Phoenix Traffic Stress Disorder)! 😖
First, when I observe an incident, I wait about five seconds before clicking the save button on my Z-Edge S4 Dualcam. After a few seconds, I may decide that the incident does not warrant a save because it was too far away, was minor, or was otherwise not interesting. 😑
When I review my saves, I filter the bits on the same criteria, plus with the added proviso that the dashcam may not have seen what I did: The front camera is centrally mounted, below my rearview mirror, while my eyes are a foot or two to its left, and past cars to my front. If a bit passes, I save it from the microSD to the hard drive on my primary laptop. 💻
I then transfer all the saves to my video editing laptop. (An old MacBook with iMovie’11 that I find easier to edit with.) After uploading the saves to iMovie, I drag them one at a time into my current Phoenix Asshole Drivers project. When I begin fiddling a segment, I may realize that there is nothing I can do with it to make it more entertaining, and filter it out. 🗑
Finally, as a project grows above seven minutes — the length of my most of my Phoenix Asshole Drivers videos — I may find that a newer segment pops more than an older segment, and drop the old segment. I did that with two or three segments in this latest round of Phoenix Traffix Stress Disorder:
- #WifeCam 👩🏻
- Bums & meth addicts: Sunnyslope FTW! 🧟♂️💉
- Passed by the draft! 🏎
- Furious, sweaty, chronic brake-a-bation. ✊💦
- The King Asshole. 👑
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #42
There was a video here, but YouTube deleted my account: I’m now on Rumble and Vimeo.
