Most firms wait for the police report. By the time it lands, the cameras that watched the crash have already overwritten the file. Kentucky's TRIMARC system clears most general recordings on a rolling window, fine if your crash is Tuesday morning and your firm is on it Tuesday afternoon, not fine if anyone waits.

We hold an attorney-tier subscription that lets us request footage directly, without routing through a public-records officer and a 30-day queue. A commercial vehicle on I-65, I-64, I-71, the Watterson, or any state-monitored corridor stands a real chance of being on camera. We will know within days whether the file still exists, and preserve it before anyone else asks.