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I?m a bit of a vehicular technoskeptic and generally find most new in-car technology ranges from semi-useful to “gimme-a-break” useless. Dash cams, while certainly serving a practical purpose, tend to strike me as possibly another tech innovation that answers a question no one ever thought to ask.
Thus, when the opportunity to test one of Garmin?s newest dash cams with some innovative new features was offered, I was eager to find out for myself whether a dash cam should become a must have for car owners.
And maybe I just might capture something on video never before seen, like Bigfoot or maybe Donald Trump admitting he?s wrong.
The Garmin Dash Cam 35 was released in September, the newest and most capable of the company?s small family of dash cams. The GPS-enabled Dash Cam 35, with a suggested retail price of $199 (as of this writing), not only records video, but labels footage with date, time, latitude, longitude, and speed so the user knows exactly when and where events take place.
One of the most unique features of the Dash Cam 35 – the thing that really drew me to it – is the Forward Collision Warning feature, which provides visual and audible alerts to users when they are driving too closely to the vehicle ahead. The 35 will also warn you of red lights or speed cameras, something I never encountered, so I?ll take their word for it.
First Impressions

Straight out of the box, the 35 is s...