Placing Camera by busy street

[hello32]

So I just purchased a 3 camera kit. I live on a busy St, and I am planning on placing a camera by the street to catch passing vehicles. Is this possible without paying for continuous  recording? I plan on hardwiring this camera so battery power wouldn't be an issue but not sure how the motion detection works if their is a constant flow of traffic?

[StephenB]

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@hello32 wrote:

Is this possible without paying for continuous  recording? I plan on hardwiring this camera so battery power wouldn't be an issue but not sure how the motion detection works if their is a constant flow of traffic?

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Not sure what the application is, but if it's important that you catch every vehicle then I think you should get the CVR subscription.  (Make sure you get a camera model that supports CVR).

You could start without CVR, and see if it's good enough w/o it though.

FWIW, the motion detection range is spec'd at 20-25 feet for Arlo cameras.  In practice, it will detect vehicles further away - but it might not pick them all up, especially if they are on the other side of the street.  And there is a limit to the motion recording length, so you likely will miss some vehicles in between recordings.