Thanks to everyone for your feedback. I verified that camera use such as in cases of dashboard cameras in cars is not illegal here in New York and have procured one relatively inexpensively. We'll see how many technical kinks I'll have to work out from here on. As it happens, I was recently involved in an accident, where an oncoming car and and I collided when the other vehicle turned left in front of me, while I was also turning right into the same street. Luckily no one was injured and there was only minor damage to the car with no damage to the bicycle. Nevertheless, it was a close one and it would have been good to have a camera in that instance. Will update this thread with anything that might be helpful to others or just happens to be interesting as I begin to use the device and review recordings.