1. An in-vehicle video system comprising: a forward-looking video camera system including two independent image sensors and associated digital signal processors for processing imagery received from the respective independent image sensors including a digital signal processor that recognizes objects in captured video; a microphone and a transmitter; a computing system for interfacing with the forward-looking video camera system configured to control the capture, storage and processing of video, still images and audio received from the transmitter and the forward-looking video camera system; the computing system operable to control image capture including enabling the forward-looking video camera system in a plurality of modes, the computing system operable to command the forward-looking video camera system to operate in a first mode including commanding a first independent image sensor to capture high-resolution video imagery, and the computing system including an event-based trigger system that, upon recognition of an predetermined object type, controls a transition from the first mode to a second different mode, including transitioning to capturing high-resolution video imagery on the first independent image sensor while capturing still imagery on the second of the two independent image sensors.