and they are banned in Austria and prepare to pay hefty fine if police notice them
https://www.oeamtc.at/thema/vorschriften-strafen/zulaessigke...
https://www.oeamtc.at/thema/vorschriften-strafen/zulaessigke...
Indiscriminate, permanent saving of recordings and distributing the footage is banned.
Using the dashcam to document incidents or accidents with saving a limited time span of video triggered by a sensor/timer is allowed.