A vehicle event recorder system comprising: a video camera (2, 22, 32); a microprocessor (4, 23, 33); an electronic memory comprising a managed loop memory and a buffer memory; a dataset manager module; and first and second parallel transceivers; (34, 36, 37), the second transceiver having a higher bandwidth than the first transceiver; wherein the video camera is configured to capture image data, the video camera having a field of view arranged to include an environment in and/or around a vehicle and providing an electronic output to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is configured to effectuate storage of the image data in the managed loop memory; and wherein the dataset manager module is configured; to responsive to a physical anomaly event trigger, transfer the image data stored in the managed loop memory to the buffer memory in a complete dataset and then parse the image data to form an abbreviated dataset; facilitate transmission of the abbreviated dataset via the first transceiver through a communication network having enough available bandwidth to transmit the abbreviated dataset to a server computer (44, 45); and then facilitate transmission of the complete dataset via the second transceiver through the communication network responsive to the communication network having enough available bandwidth to transmit the complete dataset to the server computer. a video camera (2, 22, 32); a microprocessor (4, 23, 33); an electronic memory comprising a managed loop memory and a buffer memory; a dataset manager module; and first and second parallel transceivers; (34, 36, 37), the second transceiver having a higher bandwidth than the first transceiver; wherein the video camera is configured to capture image data, the video camera having a field of view arranged to include an environment in and/or around a vehicle and providing an electronic output to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is configured to effectuate storage of the image data in the managed loop memory; and wherein the dataset manager module is configured; to responsive to a physical anomaly event trigger, transfer the image data stored in the managed loop memory to the buffer memory in a complete dataset and then parse the image data to form an abbreviated dataset; facilitate transmission of the abbreviated dataset via the first transceiver through a communication network having enough available bandwidth to transmit the abbreviated dataset to a server computer (44, 45); and then facilitate transmission of the complete dataset via the second transceiver through the communication network responsive to the communication network having enough available bandwidth to transmit the complete dataset to the server computer. responsive to a physical anomaly event trigger, transfer the image data stored in the managed loop memory to the buffer memory in a complete dataset and then parse the image data to form an abbreviated dataset; facilitate transmission of the abbreviated dataset via the first transceiver through a communication network having enough available bandwidth to transmit the abbreviated dataset to a server computer (44, 45); and then facilitate transmission of the complete dataset via the second transceiver through the communication network responsive to the communication network having enough available bandwidth to transmit the complete dataset to the server computer.