diff --git a/docs/overnight/LOG.md b/docs/overnight/LOG.md
index c275a64..2e72dc0 100644
--- a/docs/overnight/LOG.md
+++ b/docs/overnight/LOG.md
@@ -47,3 +47,11 @@ Run: `npm run build:preview` then serve `dist` (dev server shows a blank page).
 - **Known weaknesses:** the 92%-wide panel hides the board while reading (visible at chapter entry, in gaps between case studies and at exit); phone screenshots read dim; ~140 px on phones; test-only telemetry.
 - Screenshots: docs/overnight/round5/.
 
+
+## Round 6: Dashcam (photo mode + postcard)
+- **What:** a camera button in the drive controls (or key `c`) folds the reading plates away, closes letterbox bars, and shows a dashcam frame with live telemetry (REC dot on the bass, chapter + exit, Bucharest clock, route %, coordinates + name). The lens drifts with the pointer (+-1.6 units, re-centres after 3 s idle). "Save postcard" downloads a 1600x900 PNG of the live scene with credit line, a white shutter flash and a synthesized shutter click when sound is on. Tab title becomes "DASHCAM · 47% · INFRASTRUCTURE · 03:51" while open. Esc/c/Close exits and returns focus. Absent for reduced motion/static/visitor-pause and below 768 px.
+- **Why:** the recurring weakness of rounds 1-5: the reading panels hide the world. This gives a juror one deliberate full-screen moment, and a shareable artefact.
+- **Build:** journey/dashcam-feed.ts, scene/world/dashcam-lens.ts, composables/useDashcam.ts, lazy components/DashcamFrame.vue + lib/dashcam-postcard.ts + audio/switchboard-click.ts, styles/dashcam.css. 820 tests, initial JS 117.73 KB gz (2.3 KB left), lazy chunk 3.7 KB gz.
+- **Verdict: KEEP with fixes** (Fable, hardware GL): Contact bars were striped (aubergine outro bars under black), now frame draws its own bars; canvas resized on open due to overflow lock (removed); focus dropped after save; `c` worked on phones where the button is hidden; round 5's HUD exit tab had been dropped, restored; REC dot got a no-music blink.
+- **Known weaknesses:** postcard is the 1440x900 buffer scaled to 1600 (slightly soft) and keeps the lens bars; no phone version; shutter click only while soundtrack runs; two chapter-label vocabularies in the frame.
+- Screenshots: docs/overnight/round6/ (postcard.webp is the real downloaded file).
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diff --git a/scripts/check-bundle-budgets.mjs b/scripts/check-bundle-budgets.mjs
index 8d9be79..cc13ddc 100644
--- a/scripts/check-bundle-budgets.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-bundle-budgets.mjs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ const totals = {
   firstLiveScene: sum('first-live-scene'),
   deferredProjectVisuals: sum('project-still') + sum('chart'),
   highTierExtras: sum('high-tier-extras'),
-  deferredNonVideo: sum('first-live-scene') + sum('high-tier-extras') + sum('project-still') + sum('chart'),
+  deferredNonVideo: sum('first-live-scene') + sum('high-tier-extras') + sum('project-still') + sum('chart') + sum('deferred-non-video'),
   deferredAudio: sum('soundtrack-audio'),
 };
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/bundle-budgets.mjs b/scripts/lib/bundle-budgets.mjs
index bbdbc08..17c4839 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/bundle-budgets.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/bundle-budgets.mjs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export const classifyArtifact = (path, source = '') => {
   if (/^assets\/index-[^/]+\.js$/u.test(path) && /import\(/u.test(source)) return 'initial-application-js';
   if (/^assets\/(?:environment-high|high-tier)-[^/]+\.(?:js|avif|webp|png|jpe?g)$/u.test(path)) return 'high-tier-extras';
   if (/^assets\/environment-[^/]+\.js$/u.test(path)) return 'first-live-scene';
+  // DASHCAM: the photo-mode frame and postcard, loaded on first open.
+  if (/^assets\/DashcamFrame-[^/]+\.(?:js|css)$/u.test(path)) return 'deferred-non-video';
   if (/^assets\/nightdrive-(?:grand-tourer|districts)-[^/]+\.glb$/u.test(path)) return 'first-live-scene';
   if (/\.(?:woff2?|ttf|otf)$/u.test(path)) return 'initial-fonts';
   if (/^assets\/hero-[^/]+\.(?:avif|webp|png|jpe?g)$/u.test(path)) return 'hero-poster';
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index 0c037dc..c1a8ed9 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import './styles/print.css';
 import './styles/headlight.css';
 import './styles/route-log.css';
 import './styles/billboard.css';
+import './styles/dashcam.css';
 
 defineProps<{ inputs: Readonly<ProductionInputs> }>();
 </script>
diff --git a/src/audio/music-pulse.ts b/src/audio/music-pulse.ts
index 5c56625..b52a037 100644
--- a/src/audio/music-pulse.ts
+++ b/src/audio/music-pulse.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ let audible = false;
 
 export function attachMusicPulse(node: AnalyserNode | null): void {
   analyser = node;
+  if (node === null) bus = null;
   bins = node === null ? null : new Uint8Array(new ArrayBuffer(node.frequencyBinCount));
 }
 
@@ -16,6 +17,13 @@ export function setMusicPulseAudible(value: boolean): void {
   audible = value;
 }
 
+/**
+ * DASHCAM: the mix bus (the tap after the mixer's sum, before the output
+ * gain), so a shutter click obeys mute and volume. Null unless audible.
+ */
+let bus: AudioNode | null = null;
+export const readSwitchboard = (): AudioNode | null => (audible ? bus : null);
+
 /** Bass energy in [0, 1]: the mean of roughly 90-380 Hz. */
 export function readMusicPulse(): number {
   if (!audible || analyser === null || bins === null) return 0;
@@ -37,5 +45,6 @@ export function createPulseTap(context: BaseAudioContext, destination: AudioNode
   } catch {
     attachMusicPulse(null);
   }
+  bus = tap;
   return tap;
 }
diff --git a/src/audio/switchboard-click.ts b/src/audio/switchboard-click.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36ade59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/switchboard-click.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { readSwitchboard } from '@/audio/music-pulse';
+
+/** Shutter click length, seconds. */
+export const SHUTTER_SECONDS = 0.03;
+/** The switchboard input's level on the mix bus. */
+export const SWITCHBOARD_GAIN = 0.18;
+
+/**
+ * DASHCAM's shutter: a ~30 ms burst of decaying noise with a fast gain
+ * envelope, through a switchboard input (gain 0.18) onto the mix bus, so
+ * mute and volume apply through the output gain. Lives in the lazy dashcam chunk. Plays only while
+ * the soundtrack is running and audible; never creates an AudioContext and
+ * never throws.
+ */
+export function playShutterClick(): boolean {
+  try {
+    const input = readSwitchboard();
+    if (input === null || input.context.state !== 'running') return false;
+    const context = input.context;
+    const length = Math.max(1, Math.round(context.sampleRate * SHUTTER_SECONDS));
+    const buffer = context.createBuffer(1, length, context.sampleRate);
+    const data = buffer.getChannelData(0);
+    // Two clicks a few ms apart (curtain open, curtain close) over decaying noise.
+    for (let i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
+      const t = i / length;
+      const curtain = t > 0.55 && t < 0.62 ? 1.6 : 1;
+      data[i] = (Math.random() * 2 - 1) * (1 - t) ** 3 * curtain;
+    }
+    const source = context.createBufferSource();
+    source.buffer = buffer;
+    const envelope = context.createGain();
+    const start = context.currentTime + 0.005;
+    envelope.gain.setValueAtTime(0, start);
+    envelope.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime(SWITCHBOARD_GAIN, start + 0.002);
+    envelope.gain.exponentialRampToValueAtTime(0.0002, start + SHUTTER_SECONDS);
+    source.connect(envelope);
+    envelope.connect(input);
+    source.onended = () => {
+      source.disconnect();
+      envelope.disconnect();
+    };
+    source.start(start);
+    source.stop(start + SHUTTER_SECONDS + 0.01);
+    return true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/AppShell.vue b/src/components/AppShell.vue
index cc72621..0ee394e 100644
--- a/src/components/AppShell.vue
+++ b/src/components/AppShell.vue
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { useMotionPreferences } from '@/composables/useMotionPreferences';
 import { useRouteMemory } from '@/composables/useRouteMemory';
 import { useRouteLog } from '@/composables/useRouteLog';
 import { useBillboard } from '@/composables/useBillboard';
+import { useDashcam } from '@/composables/useDashcam';
 import { assetUrl } from '@/content/asset-url';
 import { signRouteFor } from '@/journey/sign-routes';
 import { END_OF_SHIFT_SUBLINE } from '@/journey/dawn';
@@ -160,6 +161,16 @@ const headlight = useHeadlightBeam({
   quality: actualQuality,
   activeSectionId: () => journey.value.activeSectionId,
 });
+/* DASHCAM: a full-screen photo mode over the live scene (lazy frame). */
+const dashcam = useDashcam({
+  allowed: computed(() => controlsReady.value
+    && motion.policy.value.reason === 'full'
+    && motion.policy.value.allowSceneRequest
+    && actualQuality.value !== 'static'
+    && pageLifecycle.value === 'active'),
+  sceneRunning: computed(() => sceneState.value === 'running'),
+  drift: () => actualQuality.value !== 'low' && matchMedia('(pointer: fine)').matches,
+});
 const activeSectionLabel = computed(() => sectionLabel(journey.value.activeSectionId));
 const serverDefaultPolicy: MotionPolicy = {
   allowSceneRequest: false,
@@ -376,6 +387,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => removePageListeners());
     :audio-state="audio.state.value"
     :audio-muted="audio.muted.value"
     :audio-volume="controlsReady ? motion.volume.value : 0.4"
+    :dashcam="dashcam.available.value"
     @pause="pauseMotion"
     @resume="resumeMotion"
     @enable="enableMotion"
@@ -384,5 +396,17 @@ onUnmounted(() => removePageListeners());
     @audio-resume="audio.resumeFromGesture"
     @audio-mute-toggle="toggleAudioMuted"
     @audio-volume-change="updateAudioVolume"
+    @dashcam="dashcam.show"
+    @dashcam-prefetch="dashcam.prefetch"
+  />
+  <component
+    :is="dashcam.frame.value"
+    v-if="dashcam.open.value && dashcam.frame.value"
+    :journey="journey"
+    :section-label="activeSectionLabel"
+    :name="content.identity.name"
+    :city="content.identity.location.city"
+    :scene-ready="sceneState === 'running'"
+    @close="dashcam.close"
   />
 </template>
diff --git a/src/components/DashcamFrame.vue b/src/components/DashcamFrame.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..798a062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/DashcamFrame.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { computed, nextTick, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, shallowRef, watch } from 'vue';
+import type { JourneySnapshot } from '@/journey/types';
+import { readMusicPulse } from '@/audio/music-pulse';
+import { playShutterClick } from '@/audio/switchboard-click';
+import { maintenanceProgress } from '@/journey/maintenance-progress';
+import { signRouteFor } from '@/journey/sign-routes';
+import { isScrollIntentKey } from '@/composables/useKeyboardNavigation';
+import {
+  cancelDashcamCapture,
+  readDashcam,
+  requestDashcamCapture,
+  setDashcamPointer,
+} from '@/journey/dashcam-feed';
+import {
+  DASHCAM_COORDINATES,
+  dashcamClock,
+  dashcamTitle,
+  frameBottomLeft,
+  frameTopLeft,
+  routePercent,
+  savePostcard,
+  type DashcamTelemetry,
+} from '@/lib/dashcam-postcard';
+
+/**
+ * DASHCAM's frame (lazy chunk): corner brackets, the REC dot on the bass,
+ * live telemetry and the two actions, over the live scene. Owns the title,
+ * the focus trap, scroll suppression, the pointer drift feed and the capture.
+ */
+const props = defineProps<{
+  journey: JourneySnapshot;
+  sectionLabel: string;
+  name: string;
+  city: string;
+  sceneReady: boolean;
+}>();
+const emit = defineEmits<{ close: [] }>();
+
+/** REC dot sampling rate while open. */
+const PULSE_HZ = 12;
+/** A capture the scene has not answered in this long is dropped. */
+const CAPTURE_TIMEOUT_MS = 1_200;
+const SHUTTER_MS = 120;
+
+const surface = ref<HTMLElement | null>(null);
+const saveButton = ref<HTMLButtonElement | null>(null);
+const closeButton = ref<HTMLButtonElement | null>(null);
+const dot = ref<HTMLElement | null>(null);
+const now = shallowRef(new Date());
+const busy = shallowRef(false);
+const lost = shallowRef(false);
+const status = shallowRef('');
+const unavailable = computed(() => lost.value || !props.sceneReady);
+
+const telemetry = computed<DashcamTelemetry>(() => ({
+  sectionId: props.journey.activeSectionId,
+  sectionLabel: props.sectionLabel,
+  chapter: props.journey.chapter,
+  exit: signRouteFor(props.journey.activeSectionId).marker,
+  routePercent: routePercent(props.journey.routeProgress),
+  clock: dashcamClock(props.journey.activeSectionId, maintenanceProgress(props.journey), now.value),
+  name: props.name,
+  city: props.city,
+}));
+const title = computed(() => dashcamTitle(telemetry.value));
+
+let previousTitle = '';
+let ticker = 0;
+let captureTimer = 0;
+let shutterTimer = 0;
+
+/** REC dot without music: a slow 0.8 Hz breath instead of a dead speck. */
+const REC_BLINK_HZ = 0.8;
+
+const sample = (): void => {
+  const pulse = readMusicPulse();
+  const rec = pulse > 0 ? pulse : 0.5 + 0.5 * Math.sin(performance.now() / 1000 * Math.PI * 2 * REC_BLINK_HZ);
+  dot.value?.style.setProperty('--rec', rec.toFixed(2));
+  const next = new Date();
+  if (next.getMinutes() !== now.value.getMinutes()) now.value = next;
+};
+
+const finish = (): void => {
+  window.clearTimeout(captureTimer);
+  busy.value = false;
+  // The button was disabled while busy, which drops focus to the body.
+  const lost = document.activeElement === null || document.activeElement === document.body;
+  if (lost) void nextTick(() => saveButton.value?.focus());
+};
+
+/* The page stays where it was: a scrollbar drag (the only input not
+   swallowed) snaps back to the locked offset. */
+let lockedY = 0;
+const onScroll = (): void => {
+  if (Math.round(window.scrollY) !== lockedY) window.scrollTo({ top: lockedY, behavior: 'instant' });
+};
+
+const shoot = (): void => {
+  if (busy.value || unavailable.value) return;
+  busy.value = true;
+  status.value = '';
+  const root = document.documentElement;
+  root.dataset.dashcamShutter = '';
+  window.clearTimeout(shutterTimer);
+  shutterTimer = window.setTimeout(() => { delete root.dataset.dashcamShutter; }, SHUTTER_MS);
+  playShutterClick();
+  const shot = { ...telemetry.value };
+  requestDashcamCapture((canvas) => {
+    window.clearTimeout(captureTimer);
+    void savePostcard(canvas, shot).then((outcome) => {
+      status.value = outcome === 'failed' ? 'Postcard could not be saved' : 'Postcard saved';
+      finish();
+    });
+  });
+  // Context loss mid-capture: the scene never answers; drop the request.
+  captureTimer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+    cancelDashcamCapture();
+    lost.value = true;
+    finish();
+  }, CAPTURE_TIMEOUT_MS);
+};
+
+const onSurfaceClick = (event: MouseEvent): void => {
+  if (event.target === surface.value) shoot();
+};
+
+const onPointerMove = (event: PointerEvent): void => {
+  if (event.pointerType !== 'mouse' || !readDashcam().drift) return;
+  setDashcamPointer(
+    (event.clientX / Math.max(1, window.innerWidth)) * 2 - 1,
+    (event.clientY / Math.max(1, window.innerHeight)) * 2 - 1,
+    performance.now(),
+  );
+};
+
+const suppress = (event: Event): void => {
+  event.preventDefault();
+  event.stopPropagation();
+};
+
+const onKeydown = (event: KeyboardEvent): void => {
+  if (event.key === 'Tab') {
+    const stops = [saveButton.value, closeButton.value].filter((el): el is HTMLButtonElement => el !== null && !el.disabled);
+    if (stops.length === 0) return;
+    const index = stops.indexOf(document.activeElement as HTMLButtonElement);
+    const next = index === -1 ? 0 : (index + (event.shiftKey ? -1 : 1) + stops.length) % stops.length;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    stops[next]?.focus();
+    return;
+  }
+  // Space and Enter still press a focused button; nothing scrolls the page.
+  if (isScrollIntentKey(event.key) && !(event.key === ' ' && event.target instanceof HTMLButtonElement)) suppress(event);
+};
+
+const CAPTURE = { capture: true } as const;
+const ACTIVE = { capture: true, passive: false } as const;
+
+watch(title, (value) => { document.title = value; });
+watch(() => props.sceneReady, (ready) => { if (ready) lost.value = false; });
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  previousTitle = document.title;
+  document.title = title.value;
+  sample();
+  ticker = window.setInterval(sample, 1_000 / PULSE_HZ);
+  lockedY = Math.round(window.scrollY);
+  window.addEventListener('scroll', onScroll, { passive: true });
+  window.addEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove, { passive: true });
+  window.addEventListener('wheel', suppress, ACTIVE);
+  window.addEventListener('touchmove', suppress, ACTIVE);
+  window.addEventListener('keydown', onKeydown, CAPTURE);
+  saveButton.value?.focus();
+});
+
+onBeforeUnmount(() => {
+  window.clearInterval(ticker);
+  window.clearTimeout(captureTimer);
+  window.clearTimeout(shutterTimer);
+  delete document.documentElement.dataset.dashcamShutter;
+  cancelDashcamCapture();
+  window.removeEventListener('scroll', onScroll);
+  window.removeEventListener('pointermove', onPointerMove);
+  window.removeEventListener('wheel', suppress, ACTIVE);
+  window.removeEventListener('touchmove', suppress, ACTIVE);
+  window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeydown, CAPTURE);
+  document.title = previousTitle;
+});
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div
+    ref="surface"
+    class="dashcam-frame"
+    role="dialog"
+    aria-modal="true"
+    aria-label="Dashcam"
+    :data-unavailable="unavailable ? '' : undefined"
+    @click="onSurfaceClick"
+  >
+    <span class="dashcam-frame__bar" data-edge="top" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+    <span class="dashcam-frame__bar" data-edge="bottom" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+    <span class="dashcam-frame__corner" data-corner="tl" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+    <span class="dashcam-frame__corner" data-corner="tr" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+    <span class="dashcam-frame__corner" data-corner="bl" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+    <span class="dashcam-frame__corner" data-corner="br" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+    <p class="dashcam-frame__plate" data-at="tl">
+      <span ref="dot" class="dashcam-frame__rec" aria-hidden="true"></span>REC {{ frameTopLeft(telemetry) }}
+    </p>
+    <p class="dashcam-frame__plate" data-at="tr"><time>{{ telemetry.clock }}</time></p>
+    <p class="dashcam-frame__plate" data-at="bl">{{ frameBottomLeft(telemetry) }}</p>
+    <p class="dashcam-frame__plate" data-at="br">{{ DASHCAM_COORDINATES }}<br>{{ name.toUpperCase() }}</p>
+    <p v-if="unavailable" class="dashcam-frame__lost" role="status">Scene unavailable</p>
+    <div class="dashcam-frame__actions">
+      <button ref="saveButton" type="button" :disabled="busy || unavailable" @click="shoot">Save postcard</button>
+      <button ref="closeButton" type="button" @click="emit('close')">Close (Esc)</button>
+    </div>
+    <p class="visually-hidden" role="status">{{ status }}</p>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
diff --git a/src/components/DriveControls.vue b/src/components/DriveControls.vue
index 74cf9aa..e8a8bbd 100644
--- a/src/components/DriveControls.vue
+++ b/src/components/DriveControls.vue
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ const props = withDefaults(
     audioState?: AudioUiState;
     audioMuted?: boolean;
     audioVolume?: number;
+    /** DASHCAM: offer the shutter (live scene, motion allowed). */
+    dashcam?: boolean;
   }>(),
   {
     audioState: () => ({ kind: "idle" }),
     audioMuted: false,
     audioVolume: 0.4,
+    dashcam: false,
   },
 );
 
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ const emit = defineEmits<{
   audioResume: [];
   audioMuteToggle: [];
   audioVolumeChange: [volume: number];
+  dashcam: [];
+  dashcamPrefetch: [];
 }>();
 
 const controlRoot = ref<HTMLElement | null>(null);
@@ -282,6 +287,21 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
       <IconGlyph :name="action.icon" />
     </button>
 
+    <button
+      v-if="dashcam"
+      class="drive-control-button drive-controls__dashcam"
+      type="button"
+      aria-label="Dashcam"
+      aria-keyshortcuts="c"
+      title="Dashcam (C)"
+      data-tooltip="Dashcam (C)"
+      @pointerenter="emit('dashcamPrefetch')"
+      @focus="emit('dashcamPrefetch')"
+      @click="emit('dashcam')"
+    >
+      <IconGlyph name="camera" />
+    </button>
+
     <button
       v-if="audioState.kind !== 'starting'"
       ref="settingsButton"
diff --git a/src/components/IconGlyph.vue b/src/components/IconGlyph.vue
index 0ca6c77..1c5600d 100644
--- a/src/components/IconGlyph.vue
+++ b/src/components/IconGlyph.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { computed } from 'vue';
+import { computed, h, type FunctionalComponent } from 'vue';
 import {
   PhPause,
   PhPlay,
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   PhWaveform,
 } from '@phosphor-icons/vue';
 
-export type IconGlyphName = 'pause' | 'play' | 'settings' | 'sound' | 'sound-muted' | 'volume';
+export type IconGlyphName = 'camera' | 'pause' | 'play' | 'settings' | 'sound' | 'sound-muted' | 'volume';
 
 const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
   name: IconGlyphName;
@@ -18,7 +18,15 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
   size: 20,
 });
 
+// Phosphor's camera (regular weight) redrawn as one stroked path: the package
+// component ships all six weights' paths into the initial chunk.
+const CameraGlyph: FunctionalComponent<{ size?: number }> = ({ size }) => h('svg', {
+  viewBox: '0 0 256 256', width: size, height: size, fill: 'none', stroke: 'currentColor', 'stroke-width': 16, 'stroke-linejoin': 'round',
+}, [h('path', { d: 'M48 64h32l16-24h64l16 24h32a16 16 0 0 1 16 16v112a16 16 0 0 1-16 16H48a16 16 0 0 1-16-16V80a16 16 0 0 1 16-16ZM128 96a36 36 0 1 0 0 72a36 36 0 1 0 0-72Z' })]);
+CameraGlyph.props = ['size'];
+
 const icons = {
+  camera: CameraGlyph,
   pause: PhPause,
   play: PhPlay,
   settings: PhSlidersHorizontal,
diff --git a/src/composables/useDashcam.ts b/src/composables/useDashcam.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54d56a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/composables/useDashcam.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { computed, markRaw, nextTick, onMounted, onUnmounted, shallowRef, watch, type Component, type Ref } from 'vue';
+import { setDashcamOpen } from '@/journey/dashcam-feed';
+import { isEditableTarget } from '@/composables/useKeyboardNavigation';
+
+const LIVE_STAGE = ".reading-stage[data-reading-stage='live']";
+const RISE_MS = 400;
+/** Phones: no shutter in the gantry bay (dashcam.css), and no `c` key either. */
+const NARROW = '(max-width: 767px)';
+
+/**
+ * DASHCAM, DOM side (initial chunk, kept minimal): availability, the `c` key,
+ * html[data-dashcam] and the lazy frame. The frame itself (telemetry, focus
+ * trap, capture, the shutter) loads on first open or button hover. Starts
+ * after mount, so the server HTML carries none of it.
+ */
+export function useDashcam(sources: {
+  /** Motion allowed in full and the scene not withheld: closes the dashcam when it drops. */
+  allowed: Readonly<Ref<boolean>>;
+  sceneRunning: Readonly<Ref<boolean>>;
+  /** Fine pointer on high/medium: the lens drifts and the bars ease. */
+  drift: () => boolean;
+}) {
+  const open = shallowRef(false);
+  const frame = shallowRef<Component | null>(null);
+  const available = computed(() => sources.allowed.value && sources.sceneRunning.value);
+  let loading: Promise<void> | null = null;
+  let riseTimer = 0;
+  const root = (): HTMLElement => document.documentElement;
+
+  const prefetch = (): Promise<void> => (loading ??= import('@/components/DashcamFrame.vue').then(
+    (module) => { frame.value = markRaw(module.default); },
+    () => { loading = null; },
+  ));
+
+  const show = (): void => {
+    if (open.value || !available.value || document.querySelector(LIVE_STAGE) === null) return;
+    if (window.matchMedia?.(NARROW).matches) return;
+    window.clearTimeout(riseTimer);
+    open.value = true;
+    setDashcamOpen(true, sources.drift());
+    root().dataset.dashcam = 'on';
+    void prefetch();
+  };
+
+  const close = (): void => {
+    if (!open.value) return;
+    open.value = false;
+    setDashcamOpen(false, false);
+    root().dataset.dashcam = 'rise';
+    riseTimer = window.setTimeout(() => { delete root().dataset.dashcam; }, RISE_MS);
+    void nextTick(() => document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.drive-controls__dashcam')?.focus());
+  };
+
+  const onKeydown = (event: KeyboardEvent): void => {
+    if (event.defaultPrevented || event.altKey || event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || isEditableTarget(event.target)) return;
+    if (open.value && event.key === 'Escape') {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      close();
+    } else if (!event.shiftKey && !event.repeat && event.key.toLowerCase() === 'c') {
+      const wasOpen = open.value;
+      if (wasOpen) close();
+      else show();
+      if (wasOpen || open.value) event.preventDefault();
+    }
+  };
+
+  watch(sources.allowed, (allowed) => { if (!allowed) close(); });
+  onMounted(() => window.addEventListener('keydown', onKeydown));
+  onUnmounted(() => {
+    window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeydown);
+    window.clearTimeout(riseTimer);
+    if (open.value) setDashcamOpen(false, false);
+    delete root().dataset.dashcam;
+  });
+
+  return { open, frame, available, show, close, prefetch };
+}
diff --git a/src/composables/useKeyboardNavigation.ts b/src/composables/useKeyboardNavigation.ts
index 7631cc2..13ddbbb 100644
--- a/src/composables/useKeyboardNavigation.ts
+++ b/src/composables/useKeyboardNavigation.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const SCROLL_KEYS = new Set([
 
 export const isScrollIntentKey = (key: string): boolean => SCROLL_KEYS.has(key);
 
-const isEditableTarget = (target: EventTarget | null): boolean =>
+export const isEditableTarget = (target: EventTarget | null): boolean =>
   target instanceof HTMLElement &&
   (target.isContentEditable ||
     target instanceof HTMLInputElement ||
diff --git a/src/journey/dashcam-feed.ts b/src/journey/dashcam-feed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bca7757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/journey/dashcam-feed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/**
+ * DASHCAM, the slot the DOM and the scene share (initial chunk, kept tiny).
+ * The DOM writes whether the dashcam is open, whether the lens may drift and
+ * the latest normalised pointer; the scene reads it inside its own frame and
+ * eases the lens itself (src/scene/world/dashcam-lens.ts). Nothing here
+ * schedules work.
+ */
+export interface DashcamFeed {
+  open: boolean;
+  /** Fine pointer on the high or medium tier: the lens follows the pointer. */
+  drift: boolean;
+  /** Pointer in [-1, 1], right and down positive. */
+  px: number;
+  py: number;
+  /** performance.now() of the last pointer move (the scene returns to centre after 3 s). */
+  movedAt: number;
+}
+
+const feed: DashcamFeed = { open: false, drift: false, px: 0, py: 0, movedAt: 0 };
+
+export const readDashcam = (): Readonly<DashcamFeed> => feed;
+
+export function setDashcamOpen(open: boolean, drift: boolean): void {
+  feed.open = open;
+  feed.drift = open && drift;
+  feed.px = 0;
+  feed.py = 0;
+  if (!open) capture = null;
+}
+
+export function setDashcamPointer(px: number, py: number, now: number): void {
+  feed.px = Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, px));
+  feed.py = Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, py));
+  feed.movedAt = now;
+}
+
+/**
+ * One queued capture. The scene calls it synchronously right after its final
+ * render pass with the WebGL canvas, the only moment the drawing buffer is
+ * valid (preserveDrawingBuffer is false).
+ */
+let capture: ((canvas: HTMLCanvasElement) => void) | null = null;
+
+export function requestDashcamCapture(resolve: (canvas: HTMLCanvasElement) => void): void {
+  capture = resolve;
+}
+
+export function cancelDashcamCapture(): void {
+  capture = null;
+}
+
+/** The scene's side: take (and clear) the queued capture, if any. */
+export function takeDashcamCapture(): ((canvas: HTMLCanvasElement) => void) | null {
+  const next = capture;
+  capture = null;
+  return next;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/dashcam-postcard.ts b/src/lib/dashcam-postcard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9960b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dashcam-postcard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+import { bucharestClock } from '@/lib/operations';
+import { maintenanceClock } from '@/journey/maintenance-progress';
+
+/**
+ * DASHCAM telemetry and the postcard (lazy dashcam chunk only). Every value
+ * is real: the route progress, the chapter, the exit, the Bucharest clock
+ * (the 03:12 window's own clock inside Infrastructure) and the identity.
+ */
+export interface DashcamTelemetry {
+  sectionId: string;
+  /** Navigation label, e.g. "Infrastructure". */
+  sectionLabel: string;
+  /** Scene chapter, e.g. "pre-dawn". */
+  chapter: string;
+  /** Exit marker, e.g. "04". */
+  exit: string;
+  /** Whole percent of the route travelled. */
+  routePercent: number;
+  /** HH:MM. */
+  clock: string;
+  name: string;
+  city: string;
+}
+
+/** Bucharest, as the dash plate shows it. */
+export const DASHCAM_COORDINATES = "N44°26' E26°06'";
+export const POSTCARD_WIDTH = 1600;
+export const POSTCARD_HEIGHT = 900;
+
+export const routePercent = (progress: number): number =>
+  Math.round(Math.min(1, Math.max(0, Number.isFinite(progress) ? progress : 0)) * 100);
+
+export const chapterLabel = (chapter: string): string => chapter.replaceAll('-', ' ').toUpperCase();
+
+/** Live Bucharest time; inside Infrastructure the maintenance window's clock. */
+export function dashcamClock(sectionId: string, maintenance: number | null, now: Date): string {
+  const live = (): string => bucharestClock(now);
+  return sectionId === 'infrastructure' && maintenance !== null ? maintenanceClock(maintenance, live) : live();
+}
+
+/** document.title while open, e.g. "DASHCAM · 47% · INFRASTRUCTURE · 03:51". */
+export const dashcamTitle = (t: Pick<DashcamTelemetry, 'routePercent' | 'sectionLabel' | 'clock'>): string =>
+  `DASHCAM · ${t.routePercent}% · ${t.sectionLabel.toUpperCase()} · ${t.clock}`;
+
+/** e.g. "night-shift-infrastructure-0351.png". */
+export function postcardFilename(sectionId: string, clock: string): string {
+  const section = sectionId.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/gu, '-').replace(/^-|-$/gu, '') || 'route';
+  const digits = clock.replace(/\D/gu, '').slice(0, 4).padStart(4, '0');
+  return `night-shift-${section}-${digits}.png`;
+}
+
+export const postcardCredit = (name: string, city: string): string =>
+  `NIGHT SHIFT · ${name.toUpperCase()} · ${city.toUpperCase()}`;
+
+export const frameTopLeft = (t: DashcamTelemetry): string =>
+  `DASHCAM · ${chapterLabel(t.chapter)} · EXIT ${t.exit}`;
+export const frameBottomLeft = (t: DashcamTelemetry): string =>
+  `ROUTE ${t.routePercent}% · ${t.sectionLabel.toUpperCase()}`;
+
+/** The source rectangle that covers a dw x dh frame from a sw x sh image, centred. */
+export function coverCrop(sw: number, sh: number, dw: number, dh: number): { sx: number; sy: number; sw: number; sh: number } {
+  if (!(sw > 0 && sh > 0 && dw > 0 && dh > 0)) return { sx: 0, sy: 0, sw: Math.max(0, sw), sh: Math.max(0, sh) };
+  const scale = Math.max(dw / sw, dh / sh);
+  const cropW = dw / scale;
+  const cropH = dh / scale;
+  return { sx: (sw - cropW) / 2, sy: (sh - cropH) / 2, sw: cropW, sh: cropH };
+}
+
+/** Frame chrome geometry for a w x h postcard (proportional to 1600 x 900). */
+export function postcardLayout(w = POSTCARD_WIDTH, h = POSTCARD_HEIGHT) {
+  const unit = Math.min(w / POSTCARD_WIDTH, h / POSTCARD_HEIGHT);
+  const inset = Math.round(44 * unit);
+  const pad = Math.round(22 * unit);
+  const font = Math.round(21 * unit);
+  return {
+    inset,
+    bracket: Math.round(70 * unit),
+    stroke: Math.max(1, Math.round(3 * unit)),
+    font,
+    small: Math.round(15 * unit),
+    left: inset + pad,
+    right: w - inset - pad,
+    top: inset + pad + font,
+    bottom: h - inset - pad,
+    lineGap: Math.round(font * 1.35),
+    dot: Math.round(7 * unit),
+    credit: h - Math.round(16 * unit),
+  };
+}
+
+/** The 2D context surface the postcard uses (a stub in tests). */
+export type PostcardContext = Pick<
+  CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+  'drawImage' | 'fillRect' | 'fillText' | 'beginPath' | 'moveTo' | 'lineTo' | 'stroke' | 'arc' | 'fill'
+  | 'createLinearGradient' | 'save' | 'restore'
+> & {
+  fillStyle: unknown;
+  strokeStyle: unknown;
+  lineWidth: number;
+  font: string;
+  textAlign: CanvasTextAlign;
+  textBaseline: CanvasTextBaseline;
+  shadowColor?: string;
+  shadowBlur?: number;
+};
+
+type Source = CanvasImageSource & { width: number; height: number };
+
+const MONO = "'Geist Mono Variable', ui-monospace, monospace";
+
+export function drawPostcard(ctx: PostcardContext, source: Source, t: DashcamTelemetry, w = POSTCARD_WIDTH, h = POSTCARD_HEIGHT): void {
+  const crop = coverCrop(source.width, source.height, w, h);
+  ctx.fillStyle = '#05030a';
+  ctx.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
+  if (crop.sw > 0 && crop.sh > 0) ctx.drawImage(source, crop.sx, crop.sy, crop.sw, crop.sh, 0, 0, w, h);
+  const l = postcardLayout(w, h);
+  // A soft fall-off at the top and bottom keeps the telemetry legible.
+  for (const [y0, y1] of [[0, h * 0.2], [h, h * 0.8]] as const) {
+    const shade = ctx.createLinearGradient(0, y0, 0, y1);
+    shade.addColorStop(0, 'rgba(4, 2, 10, 0.55)');
+    shade.addColorStop(1, 'rgba(4, 2, 10, 0)');
+    ctx.fillStyle = shade;
+    ctx.fillRect(0, Math.min(y0, y1), w, Math.abs(y1 - y0));
+  }
+  // Corner brackets.
+  ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(244, 238, 255, 0.92)';
+  ctx.lineWidth = l.stroke;
+  const a = l.inset;
+  const b = l.bracket;
+  for (const [x, y, dx, dy] of [[a, a, 1, 1], [w - a, a, -1, 1], [a, h - a, 1, -1], [w - a, h - a, -1, -1]] as const) {
+    ctx.beginPath();
+    ctx.moveTo(x, y + dy * b);
+    ctx.lineTo(x, y);
+    ctx.lineTo(x + dx * b, y);
+    ctx.stroke();
+  }
+  ctx.save();
+  ctx.shadowColor = 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)';
+  ctx.shadowBlur = Math.round(l.font * 0.4);
+  ctx.font = `500 ${l.font}px ${MONO}`;
+  ctx.textBaseline = 'alphabetic';
+  // REC dot, then the top-left plate.
+  ctx.fillStyle = '#ff3b4e';
+  ctx.beginPath();
+  ctx.arc(l.left + l.dot, l.top - l.font * 0.35, l.dot, 0, Math.PI * 2);
+  ctx.fill();
+  ctx.fillStyle = '#f4eeff';
+  ctx.textAlign = 'left';
+  ctx.fillText(`REC  ${frameTopLeft(t)}`, l.left + l.dot * 3, l.top);
+  ctx.fillText(frameBottomLeft(t), l.left, l.bottom);
+  ctx.textAlign = 'right';
+  ctx.fillText(t.clock, l.right, l.top);
+  ctx.fillText(t.name.toUpperCase(), l.right, l.bottom);
+  ctx.fillText(DASHCAM_COORDINATES, l.right, l.bottom - l.lineGap);
+  ctx.font = `500 ${l.small}px ${MONO}`;
+  ctx.textAlign = 'center';
+  ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(255, 214, 147, 0.95)';
+  ctx.fillText(postcardCredit(t.name, t.city), w / 2, l.credit);
+  ctx.restore();
+}
+
+function openInTab(url: string): boolean {
+  // Browsers refuse top-level navigation to data: URLs; show it in a blank tab.
+  const tab = window.open('', '_blank');
+  if (tab === null) return false;
+  const image = tab.document.createElement('img');
+  image.src = url;
+  image.alt = 'Night Shift dashcam postcard';
+  tab.document.body.append(image);
+  return true;
+}
+
+export type PostcardOutcome = 'download' | 'tab' | 'failed';
+
+/**
+ * Draws the postcard synchronously (the WebGL buffer is only valid in the
+ * capture task), then encodes and downloads it. Never throws.
+ */
+export function savePostcard(source: Source, t: DashcamTelemetry): Promise<PostcardOutcome> {
+  let canvas: HTMLCanvasElement;
+  try {
+    canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+    canvas.width = POSTCARD_WIDTH;
+    canvas.height = POSTCARD_HEIGHT;
+    const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+    if (ctx === null) return Promise.resolve('failed');
+    drawPostcard(ctx as unknown as PostcardContext, source, t);
+  } catch {
+    return Promise.resolve('failed');
+  }
+  const fallback = (): PostcardOutcome => {
+    try {
+      return openInTab(canvas.toDataURL('image/png')) ? 'tab' : 'failed';
+    } catch {
+      return 'failed';
+    }
+  };
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    try {
+      canvas.toBlob((blob) => {
+        if (blob === null) {
+          resolve(fallback());
+          return;
+        }
+        try {
+          const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+          const link = document.createElement('a');
+          link.href = url;
+          link.download = postcardFilename(t.sectionId, t.clock);
+          link.hidden = true;
+          document.body.append(link);
+          link.click();
+          link.remove();
+          window.setTimeout(() => URL.revokeObjectURL(url), 30_000);
+          resolve('download');
+        } catch {
+          resolve(fallback());
+        }
+      }, 'image/png');
+    } catch {
+      resolve(fallback());
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/scene/world/dashcam-lens.ts b/src/scene/world/dashcam-lens.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..825d830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scene/world/dashcam-lens.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import type { DashcamFeed } from '@/journey/dashcam-feed';
+
+/** DASHCAM tunables (scene side). */
+export const DASHCAM_LENS = Object.freeze({
+  /** Camera x travel at the viewport edge, world units. */
+  driftX: 1.6,
+  /** Look-at height travel at the viewport edge, world units. */
+  driftTargetY: 0.5,
+  /** Pointer smoothing time constant, seconds. */
+  driftSeconds: 0.35,
+  /** No pointer movement for this long returns the lens to centre. */
+  idleMs: 3_000,
+  /** Lens-pass letterbox bar height (each bar, fraction of the frame). */
+  letterbox: 0.16,
+  /** Bars close over this long. */
+  letterboxSeconds: 0.4,
+});
+
+/** Where the lens wants to be: the pointer, or centre when closed, idle or without drift. */
+export function driftTarget(feed: Readonly<DashcamFeed>, now: number): { x: number; y: number } {
+  if (!feed.open || !feed.drift || now - feed.movedAt > DASHCAM_LENS.idleMs) return { x: 0, y: 0 };
+  return {
+    x: Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, feed.px)),
+    y: Math.max(-1, Math.min(1, feed.py)),
+  };
+}
+
+export interface DashcamLensState {
+  /** Added to the camera x. */
+  x: number;
+  /** Added to the look-at height. */
+  targetY: number;
+  /** Lens-pass letterbox term. */
+  letterbox: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Eases the pointer drift (~0.35 s) and the letterbox (400 ms, smoothstep)
+ * once per frame. Without drift (touch, low tier) the bars snap and the lens
+ * stays centred.
+ */
+export function createDashcamLens() {
+  let x = 0;
+  let y = 0;
+  let bars = 0;
+  let snap = false;
+  const state: DashcamLensState = { x: 0, targetY: 0, letterbox: 0 };
+  return {
+    update(feed: Readonly<DashcamFeed>, deltaSeconds: number, now: number): DashcamLensState {
+      const target = driftTarget(feed, now);
+      const mix = 1 - Math.exp(-Math.max(0, deltaSeconds) / DASHCAM_LENS.driftSeconds);
+      x += (target.x - x) * mix;
+      y += (target.y - y) * mix;
+      const goal = feed.open ? 1 : 0;
+      if (feed.open) snap = !feed.drift;
+      bars = snap
+        ? goal
+        : goal > bars
+          ? Math.min(goal, bars + deltaSeconds / DASHCAM_LENS.letterboxSeconds)
+          : Math.max(goal, bars - deltaSeconds / DASHCAM_LENS.letterboxSeconds);
+      // Settle exactly at rest so the closed dashcam costs nothing downstream.
+      if (!feed.open && Math.abs(x) < 1e-4 && Math.abs(y) < 1e-4) x = y = 0;
+      state.x = x * DASHCAM_LENS.driftX;
+      state.targetY = -y * DASHCAM_LENS.driftTargetY;
+      state.letterbox = DASHCAM_LENS.letterbox * bars * bars * (3 - 2 * bars);
+      return state;
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/scene/world/environment.ts b/src/scene/world/environment.ts
index d0f69fc..fb528be 100644
--- a/src/scene/world/environment.ts
+++ b/src/scene/world/environment.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ import { isMilestoneSection, sectionLocalProgress } from '@/journey/route-log';
 import { dawnStep, type DawnStep } from '@/journey/dawn';
 import { dawnLightUniforms } from '@/scene/world/dawn-light';
 import { isTestFault, recordTestFaultEvent } from '@/testing/fault-hooks';
+import { readDashcam, takeDashcamCapture } from '@/journey/dashcam-feed';
+import { createDashcamLens } from '@/scene/world/dashcam-lens';
 
 declare const __PORTFOLIO_TEST_BUILD__: boolean;
 const TEST_BUILD =
@@ -244,6 +246,8 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
   let riseUntil = 0;
   let gantryState = '';
   let dawnState: DawnStep | '' = '';
+  // DASHCAM: the pointer drifts the lens and the letterbox closes while open.
+  const dashcamLens = createDashcamLens();
 
   const resize = (): void => {
     const nextWidth = Math.max(1, canvas.clientWidth || canvas.width || 1);
@@ -651,6 +655,7 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
         THREE.MathUtils.clamp((introProgress - 0.06) / 0.94, 0, 1),
       ) * (1 - outro);
       const craneShift = cameraState.shift * crane;
+      const dashcam = dashcamLens.update(readDashcam(), deltaSeconds, now);
       camera.setViewOffset(
         width,
         height,
@@ -660,13 +665,13 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
         height,
       );
       camera.position.set(
-        THREE.MathUtils.lerp(0, cameraState.x, crane),
+        THREE.MathUtils.lerp(0, cameraState.x, crane) + dashcam.x,
         THREE.MathUtils.lerp(46, cameraState.y, crane),
         THREE.MathUtils.lerp(92, cameraState.z, crane),
       );
       camera.lookAt(
         THREE.MathUtils.lerp(0, cameraState.targetX, crane),
-        THREE.MathUtils.lerp(64, cameraState.targetY, crane),
+        THREE.MathUtils.lerp(64, cameraState.targetY, crane) + dashcam.targetY,
         THREE.MathUtils.lerp(-720, cameraState.targetZ, crane),
       );
       camera.rotation.z += cameraState.roll * crane;
@@ -737,7 +742,10 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
         postProcessor.setDynamics(response.bloomEnergy, dawnRims ? dawn : 0);
         postProcessor.setLens({
           time: elapsedSeconds,
-          letterbox: 0.115 * (1 - THREE.MathUtils.smoothstep(introProgress, 0.5, 1)),
+          letterbox: Math.max(
+            0.115 * (1 - THREE.MathUtils.smoothstep(introProgress, 0.5, 1)),
+            dashcam.letterbox,
+          ),
           energy: overdrive,
           rain: service.rain,
           rainTime: elapsedSeconds,
@@ -747,6 +755,15 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
       } else {
         renderer.render(scene, camera);
       }
+      // DASHCAM: the drawing buffer is only valid now, inside this task.
+      const capture = takeDashcamCapture();
+      if (capture !== null) {
+        try {
+          capture(canvas);
+        } catch {
+          // A failed postcard never takes the scene down.
+        }
+      }
       renderedFrames += 1;
     },
     dispose() {
diff --git a/src/styles/dashcam.css b/src/styles/dashcam.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a5f41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/styles/dashcam.css
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/* ---------- DASHCAM ---------- */
+/* The shutter needs the live scene behind the reading window: the button
+   only shows while the reading stage is live, and not on phones (no room
+   in the gantry bay). AppShell withholds it entirely without motion. */
+.reading-stage:not([data-reading-stage='live']) ~ .drive-controls .drive-controls__dashcam { display: none; }
+@media (max-width: 767px) {
+  html .drive-controls__dashcam { display: none; }
+}
+
+/* Open (html[data-dashcam='on']): the scroll is frozen by the frame itself
+   (wheel, touch and keys are swallowed, a stray scroll snaps back), never by
+   overflow: hidden, which would drop the scrollbar and resize the canvas
+   mid-fade. The scene keeps rendering underneath. */
+
+/* The plates fold away like the interlude's (gantry.css), headings last;
+   the gantry, its HUD plate and the bay fade with them. */
+html[data-dashcam='on'] .reading-stage .portfolio-main > * > * {
+  opacity: 0;
+  transition: opacity 130ms cubic-bezier(0.5, 0, 0.75, 0) 60ms;
+}
+html[data-dashcam='on'] .reading-stage .portfolio-main > * > :not(h1, h2, :has(h1, h2)) {
+  transform: translateY(-24px);
+  transition:
+    opacity 160ms cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.7, 0.3, 1),
+    transform 160ms cubic-bezier(0.5, 0, 0.75, 0);
+}
+html[data-dashcam='on'] .reading-stage .portfolio-section::before,
+html[data-dashcam='on'] .reading-stage .portfolio-section::after,
+html[data-dashcam='on'] .site-header,
+html[data-dashcam='on'] .journey-hud,
+html[data-dashcam='on'] .drive-controls,
+html[data-dashcam='on'] .content-focus-cue {
+  opacity: 0;
+  visibility: hidden;
+  animation: none;
+  transition: opacity 200ms ease, visibility 0s linear 200ms;
+}
+
+/* Closing (data-dashcam='rise', 400 ms): the plates come back up. */
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
+  html[data-dashcam='rise'] .reading-stage .portfolio-main > * > * {
+    animation: plate-fade 400ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;
+  }
+  html[data-dashcam='rise'] .reading-stage .portfolio-main > * > :not(h1, h2, :has(h1, h2)) {
+    animation: plate-rise 400ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;
+  }
+  html[data-dashcam='rise'] .site-header,
+  html[data-dashcam='rise'] .journey-hud,
+  html[data-dashcam='rise'] .drive-controls {
+    animation: plate-fade 400ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;
+  }
+}
+
+/* ---------- The frame (DashcamFrame.vue, lazy) ----------
+   Kept in the initial stylesheet: the trusted artifact contract links every
+   reachable stylesheet in the prerendered HTML, so the lazy chunk carries
+   no CSS of its own. */
+.dashcam-frame {
+  --dash-ink: #f4eeff;
+  --dash-inset: clamp(16px, 3vw, 44px);
+  /* Bar height: the lens pass's 0.16, or the outro's upper bar when that is
+     taller (world.css), so the arrival's aubergine never peeks above black. */
+  --dash-bar: max(16%, calc(var(--gantry-h, 72px) + min(5vh, 44px)));
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: calc(var(--z-popover, 50) + 10);
+  inset: 0;
+  cursor: crosshair;
+  color: var(--dash-ink);
+  font: 500 clamp(0.68rem, 0.9vw, 0.82rem) / 1.35 var(--mono);
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgb(0 0 0 / 65%);
+  animation: dashcam-in 240ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;
+}
+/* The bars are drawn here on every tier: they close with the lens pass's
+   (same 400 ms, same height) and also cover the outro's own letterbox and
+   its typed credit at the destination. Transform only, so nothing lays out. */
+.dashcam-frame__bar {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0 0 auto;
+  block-size: var(--dash-bar);
+  background: #000;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  transform-origin: top;
+  animation: dashcam-bar 400ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1) both;
+}
+.dashcam-frame__bar[data-edge='bottom'] {
+  inset: auto 0 0;
+  transform-origin: bottom;
+}
+.dashcam-frame__corner {
+  position: absolute;
+  inline-size: clamp(28px, 4.4vw, 70px);
+  block-size: clamp(28px, 4.4vw, 70px);
+  border: 0 solid rgb(244 238 255 / 90%);
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+.dashcam-frame__corner[data-corner='tl'] { inset: var(--dash-inset) auto auto var(--dash-inset); border-width: 3px 0 0 3px; }
+.dashcam-frame__corner[data-corner='tr'] { inset: var(--dash-inset) var(--dash-inset) auto auto; border-width: 3px 3px 0 0; }
+.dashcam-frame__corner[data-corner='bl'] { inset: auto auto var(--dash-inset) var(--dash-inset); border-width: 0 0 3px 3px; }
+.dashcam-frame__corner[data-corner='br'] { inset: auto var(--dash-inset) var(--dash-inset) auto; border-width: 0 3px 3px 0; }
+.dashcam-frame__plate {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 1;
+  margin: 0;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.dashcam-frame__plate[data-at='tl'] { inset: calc(var(--dash-inset) + 18px) auto auto calc(var(--dash-inset) + 20px); }
+.dashcam-frame__plate[data-at='tr'] { inset: calc(var(--dash-inset) + 18px) calc(var(--dash-inset) + 20px) auto auto; text-align: right; font-size: 1.15em; }
+.dashcam-frame__plate[data-at='bl'] { inset: auto auto calc(var(--dash-inset) + 18px) calc(var(--dash-inset) + 20px); }
+.dashcam-frame__plate[data-at='br'] { inset: auto calc(var(--dash-inset) + 20px) calc(var(--dash-inset) + 18px) auto; text-align: right; }
+.dashcam-frame__rec {
+  --rec: 0;
+  display: inline-block;
+  inline-size: 0.7em;
+  block-size: 0.7em;
+  margin-inline-end: 0.6em;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: #ff3b4e;
+  vertical-align: -0.02em;
+  opacity: calc(0.55 + var(--rec) * 0.45);
+  transform: scale(calc(0.85 + var(--rec) * 0.45));
+  box-shadow: 0 0 calc(4px + var(--rec) * 14px) rgb(255 59 78 / 80%);
+  transition: transform 80ms linear, opacity 80ms linear;
+}
+.dashcam-frame__lost {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 50% auto auto 50%;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0.6em 1.2em;
+  translate: -50% -50%;
+  border: 1px solid rgb(244 238 255 / 50%);
+  background: rgb(8 4 18 / 75%);
+}
+.dashcam-frame__actions {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 2;
+  inset: auto 50% calc(var(--dash-inset) + 10px) auto;
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 8px;
+  translate: 50% 0;
+}
+.dashcam-frame__actions button {
+  min-block-size: 44px;
+  padding: 0 16px;
+  border: 1px solid rgb(244 238 255 / 45%);
+  border-radius: 0;
+  background: rgb(14 8 28 / 72%);
+  color: var(--dash-ink);
+  font: inherit;
+  letter-spacing: inherit;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.dashcam-frame__actions button:hover:not(:disabled) { border-color: var(--focus, #ffd693); }
+.dashcam-frame__actions button:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--focus, #ffd693); outline-offset: 2px; }
+.dashcam-frame__actions button:disabled { cursor: default; opacity: 0.55; }
+/* The shutter: a 120 ms white veil. */
+html[data-dashcam-shutter] .dashcam-frame,
+html[data-dashcam-shutter] .dashcam-frame__bar { animation: none; }
+html[data-dashcam-shutter] .dashcam-frame::after {
+  content: '';
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  block-size: auto;
+  background: #fff;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  animation: dashcam-shutter 120ms ease-out both;
+}
+@keyframes dashcam-in {
+  from { opacity: 0; }
+  to { opacity: 1; }
+}
+@keyframes dashcam-bar {
+  from { transform: scaleY(0); }
+  to { transform: scaleY(1); }
+}
+@keyframes dashcam-shutter {
+  from { opacity: 0.85; }
+  to { opacity: 0; }
+}
+@media (forced-colors: active) {
+  .dashcam-frame__corner { border-color: CanvasText; }
+  .dashcam-frame__actions button { border-color: ButtonText; }
+}
diff --git a/tests/performance/budgets.test.ts b/tests/performance/budgets.test.ts
index 10ebfa4..5155574 100644
--- a/tests/performance/budgets.test.ts
+++ b/tests/performance/budgets.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ describe('release budgets', () => {
     expect(classifyArtifact('assets/nightdrive-drive-lift.opus', '')).toBe('soundtrack-audio');
     expect(classifyArtifact('assets/nightdrive-drive-lift.mp3', '')).toBe('soundtrack-audio');
     expect(classifyArtifact('assets/high-tier-b.js', 'optional bloom')).toBe('high-tier-extras');
+    expect(classifyArtifact('assets/DashcamFrame-c.js', 'postcard')).toBe('deferred-non-video');
+    expect(classifyArtifact('assets/DashcamFrame-c.css', '.dashcam-frame{}')).toBe('deferred-non-video');
     expect(() => classifyArtifact('assets/mystery.bin', '')).toThrow(/unclassified/u);
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/dashcam-controls.test.ts b/tests/unit/dashcam-controls.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49d30b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/dashcam-controls.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { defineComponent, h, ref } from 'vue';
+import DriveControls from '@/components/DriveControls.vue';
+import { useDashcam } from '@/composables/useDashcam';
+import { readDashcam } from '@/journey/dashcam-feed';
+import { validateProductionInputs } from '@/content/schemas';
+import { render } from '@/entry-server';
+import type { MotionPolicy } from '@/journey/motion-policy';
+
+const fixture = (name: string): unknown =>
+  JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(process.cwd(), 'tests/fixtures', name), 'utf8'));
+
+const policy: MotionPolicy = {
+  allowSceneRequest: true,
+  allowAutomaticVideo: true,
+  maximumTier: 'high',
+  reason: 'full',
+};
+
+describe('dashcam server HTML', () => {
+  it('renders nothing of the dashcam on the server', async () => {
+    const html = await render('/', validateProductionInputs(
+      fixture('portfolio-content.valid.json'),
+      fixture('asset-manifest.valid.json'),
+      fixture('site-config.preview.json'),
+      new URL('file:///prepared-assets/'),
+    ));
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/dashcam/iu);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('dashcam button', () => {
+  const mountControls = (dashcam?: boolean) => mount(DriveControls, {
+    props: {
+      policy,
+      maximumQuality: 'high',
+      sceneStatus: 'running',
+      audioState: { kind: 'idle' },
+      ...(dashcam === undefined ? {} : { dashcam }),
+    },
+  });
+
+  it('is absent unless the shell offers it', () => {
+    expect(mountControls().find('.drive-controls__dashcam').exists()).toBe(false);
+    expect(mountControls(false).find('.drive-controls__dashcam').exists()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('opens on click and prefetches the frame on hover and focus', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountControls(true);
+    const button = wrapper.get('.drive-controls__dashcam');
+    expect(button.attributes('aria-label')).toBe('Dashcam');
+    expect(button.attributes('aria-keyshortcuts')).toBe('c');
+    expect(button.find('svg').exists()).toBe(true);
+    await button.trigger('pointerenter');
+    await button.trigger('focus');
+    await button.trigger('click');
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('dashcamPrefetch')).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(wrapper.emitted('dashcam')).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('useDashcam', () => {
+  let stage: HTMLElement;
+  const allowed = ref(true);
+  const running = ref(true);
+
+  const host = () => mount(defineComponent({
+    setup() {
+      const dashcam = useDashcam({ allowed, sceneRunning: running, drift: () => true });
+      return () => h('button', { class: 'drive-controls__dashcam', onClick: dashcam.show });
+    },
+  }), { attachTo: document.body });
+
+  const press = (key: string, init: KeyboardEventInit = {}): KeyboardEvent => {
+    const event = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key, cancelable: true, bubbles: true, ...init });
+    window.dispatchEvent(event);
+    return event;
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    allowed.value = true;
+    running.value = true;
+    stage = document.createElement('div');
+    stage.className = 'reading-stage';
+    stage.dataset.readingStage = 'live';
+    document.body.append(stage);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    stage.remove();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+    delete document.documentElement.dataset.dashcam;
+  });
+
+  it('opens and closes on c, then lifts the rise state after 400 ms', () => {
+    const wrapper = host();
+    expect(press('c').defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    expect(document.documentElement.dataset.dashcam).toBe('on');
+    expect(readDashcam()).toMatchObject({ open: true, drift: true });
+    expect(press('C', { shiftKey: true }).defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    press('c');
+    expect(document.documentElement.dataset.dashcam).toBe('rise');
+    expect(readDashcam().open).toBe(false);
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(400);
+    expect(document.documentElement.dataset.dashcam).toBeUndefined();
+    wrapper.unmount();
+  });
+
+  it('closes on Escape', () => {
+    const wrapper = host();
+    press('c');
+    expect(press('Escape').defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+    expect(readDashcam().open).toBe(false);
+    wrapper.unmount();
+  });
+
+  it('ignores c with modifiers or inside an editable field', () => {
+    const wrapper = host();
+    expect(press('c', { ctrlKey: true }).defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    const input = document.createElement('input');
+    document.body.append(input);
+    const event = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'c', cancelable: true, bubbles: true });
+    input.dispatchEvent(event);
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(document.documentElement.dataset.dashcam).toBeUndefined();
+    input.remove();
+    wrapper.unmount();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['motion is withheld', () => { allowed.value = false; }],
+    ['the scene is not running', () => { running.value = false; }],
+    ['the reading stage is not live', () => { stage.dataset.readingStage = 'still'; }],
+  ])('does nothing when %s', (_label, arrange) => {
+    const wrapper = host();
+    arrange();
+    expect(press('c').defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(document.documentElement.dataset.dashcam).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(readDashcam().open).toBe(false);
+    wrapper.unmount();
+  });
+
+  it('does nothing on a phone-width viewport, where the button is hidden too', () => {
+    const matchMedia = vi.fn((query: string) => ({ matches: query === '(max-width: 767px)' }) as MediaQueryList);
+    vi.stubGlobal('matchMedia', matchMedia);
+    try {
+      const wrapper = host();
+      expect(press('c').defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+      expect(document.documentElement.dataset.dashcam).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(readDashcam().open).toBe(false);
+      wrapper.unmount();
+    } finally {
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('closes when motion is withdrawn while open', async () => {
+    const wrapper = host();
+    press('c');
+    allowed.value = false;
+    await vi.runOnlyPendingTimersAsync();
+    expect(readDashcam().open).toBe(false);
+    wrapper.unmount();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/dashcam-feed.test.ts b/tests/unit/dashcam-feed.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7efe16e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/dashcam-feed.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  cancelDashcamCapture,
+  readDashcam,
+  requestDashcamCapture,
+  setDashcamOpen,
+  setDashcamPointer,
+  takeDashcamCapture,
+} from '@/journey/dashcam-feed';
+import { DASHCAM_LENS, createDashcamLens, driftTarget } from '@/scene/world/dashcam-lens';
+import {
+  chapterLabel,
+  dashcamClock,
+  dashcamTitle,
+  frameBottomLeft,
+  frameTopLeft,
+  postcardCredit,
+  postcardFilename,
+  routePercent,
+  type DashcamTelemetry,
+} from '@/lib/dashcam-postcard';
+import { attachMusicPulse, createPulseTap, readSwitchboard, setMusicPulseAudible } from '@/audio/music-pulse';
+import { playShutterClick } from '@/audio/switchboard-click';
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  setDashcamOpen(false, false);
+  setMusicPulseAudible(false);
+  attachMusicPulse(null);
+});
+
+describe('dashcam feed', () => {
+  it('opens with drift only when asked, and resets the pointer on every change', () => {
+    setDashcamOpen(true, true);
+    setDashcamPointer(0.5, -0.25, 100);
+    expect(readDashcam()).toMatchObject({ open: true, drift: true, px: 0.5, py: -0.25, movedAt: 100 });
+    setDashcamOpen(false, true);
+    expect(readDashcam()).toMatchObject({ open: false, drift: false, px: 0, py: 0 });
+    setDashcamOpen(true, false);
+    expect(readDashcam().drift).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('clamps the pointer to [-1, 1]', () => {
+    setDashcamOpen(true, true);
+    setDashcamPointer(4, -9, 0);
+    expect(readDashcam()).toMatchObject({ px: 1, py: -1 });
+  });
+
+  it('hands a capture to the scene exactly once', () => {
+    const resolve = vi.fn();
+    requestDashcamCapture(resolve);
+    expect(takeDashcamCapture()).toBe(resolve);
+    expect(takeDashcamCapture()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('drops a queued capture on cancel and on close', () => {
+    requestDashcamCapture(vi.fn());
+    cancelDashcamCapture();
+    expect(takeDashcamCapture()).toBeNull();
+    setDashcamOpen(true, false);
+    requestDashcamCapture(vi.fn());
+    setDashcamOpen(false, false);
+    expect(takeDashcamCapture()).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('dashcam lens', () => {
+  const feed = (overrides: Partial<ReturnType<typeof readDashcam>> = {}) => ({
+    open: true, drift: true, px: 1, py: 1, movedAt: 0, ...overrides,
+  });
+
+  it('targets the pointer while open with drift, centre otherwise', () => {
+    expect(driftTarget(feed({ px: 0.4, py: -0.6 }), 10)).toEqual({ x: 0.4, y: -0.6 });
+    expect(driftTarget(feed({ px: 7, py: -7 }), 10)).toEqual({ x: 1, y: -1 });
+    expect(driftTarget(feed({ open: false }), 10)).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+    expect(driftTarget(feed({ drift: false }), 10)).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+  });
+
+  it('returns to centre after 3 s without pointer movement', () => {
+    expect(driftTarget(feed(), DASHCAM_LENS.idleMs)).toEqual({ x: 1, y: 1 });
+    expect(driftTarget(feed(), DASHCAM_LENS.idleMs + 1)).toEqual({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+  });
+
+  it('eases the drift and never exceeds +-1.6 x and +-0.5 target height', () => {
+    const lens = createDashcamLens();
+    const first = { ...lens.update(feed(), 1 / 60, 0) };
+    expect(first.x).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(first.x).toBeLessThan(DASHCAM_LENS.driftX * 0.1);
+    let state = first;
+    for (let i = 0; i < 600; i += 1) state = lens.update(feed(), 1 / 60, 0);
+    expect(state.x).toBeCloseTo(1.6, 3);
+    expect(state.targetY).toBeCloseTo(-0.5, 3);
+    for (let i = 0; i < 600; i += 1) state = lens.update(feed({ px: -1, py: -1 }), 1 / 60, 0);
+    expect(state.x).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(-1.6);
+    expect(state.targetY).toBeLessThanOrEqual(0.5);
+  });
+
+  it('closes the letterbox to 0.16 over 400 ms and opens it again', () => {
+    const lens = createDashcamLens();
+    expect(lens.update(feed(), 0.2, 0).letterbox).toBeCloseTo(0.08, 5);
+    expect(lens.update(feed(), 0.2, 0).letterbox).toBeCloseTo(0.16, 5);
+    expect(lens.update(feed({ open: false }), 0.2, 0).letterbox).toBeCloseTo(0.08, 5);
+    expect(lens.update(feed({ open: false }), 0.2, 0).letterbox).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('snaps the bars and holds centre without drift (touch, low tier)', () => {
+    const lens = createDashcamLens();
+    const open = lens.update(feed({ drift: false }), 1 / 60, 0);
+    expect(Math.abs(open.x) + Math.abs(open.targetY)).toBe(0);
+    expect(open.letterbox).toBeCloseTo(0.16, 10);
+    expect(lens.update(feed({ open: false, drift: false }), 1 / 60, 0).letterbox).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('dashcam telemetry', () => {
+  const telemetry: DashcamTelemetry = {
+    sectionId: 'infrastructure',
+    sectionLabel: 'Infrastructure',
+    chapter: 'pre-dawn',
+    exit: '04',
+    routePercent: 47,
+    clock: '03:51',
+    name: 'Luca Pîslaru',
+    city: 'Bucharest',
+  };
+
+  it('formats the document title', () => {
+    expect(dashcamTitle(telemetry)).toBe('DASHCAM · 47% · INFRASTRUCTURE · 03:51');
+  });
+
+  it('formats the frame plates and the credit', () => {
+    expect(frameTopLeft(telemetry)).toBe('DASHCAM · PRE DAWN · EXIT 04');
+    expect(frameBottomLeft(telemetry)).toBe('ROUTE 47% · INFRASTRUCTURE');
+    expect(postcardCredit(telemetry.name, telemetry.city)).toBe('NIGHT SHIFT · LUCA PÎSLARU · BUCHAREST');
+    expect(chapterLabel('selected-builds')).toBe('SELECTED BUILDS');
+  });
+
+  it('rounds and clamps route progress', () => {
+    expect(routePercent(0.474)).toBe(47);
+    expect(routePercent(1.4)).toBe(100);
+    expect(routePercent(-1)).toBe(0);
+    expect(routePercent(Number.NaN)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('names the postcard after the section and the clock', () => {
+    expect(postcardFilename('infrastructure', '03:51')).toBe('night-shift-infrastructure-0351.png');
+    expect(postcardFilename('selected-builds', '23:05')).toBe('night-shift-selected-builds-2305.png');
+    expect(postcardFilename('', '7:5')).toBe('night-shift-route-0075.png');
+  });
+
+  it('uses the live Bucharest clock outside the maintenance window', () => {
+    const now = new Date('2026-01-15T01:51:00Z');
+    expect(dashcamClock('profile', null, now)).toBe('03:51');
+    expect(dashcamClock('infrastructure', null, now)).toBe('03:51');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('switchboard click', () => {
+  it('stays silent and creates nothing without an audible soundtrack', () => {
+    expect(readSwitchboard()).toBeNull();
+    expect(playShutterClick()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('plays into the mix bus at the switchboard gain when audible', () => {
+    const gains: { gain: { setValueAtTime: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>; linearRampToValueAtTime: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>; exponentialRampToValueAtTime: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> }; connect: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>; disconnect: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> }[] = [];
+    const context = {
+      state: 'running',
+      sampleRate: 1000,
+      currentTime: 2,
+      createGain: () => {
+        const node = {
+          gain: { value: 1, setValueAtTime: vi.fn(), linearRampToValueAtTime: vi.fn(), exponentialRampToValueAtTime: vi.fn() },
+          connect: vi.fn(),
+          disconnect: vi.fn(),
+          context: undefined as unknown,
+        };
+        node.context = context;
+        gains.push(node);
+        return node;
+      },
+      createAnalyser: () => { throw new Error('no analyser'); },
+      createBuffer: (_c: number, length: number) => ({ getChannelData: () => new Float32Array(length) }),
+      createBufferSource: () => ({ connect: vi.fn(), disconnect: vi.fn(), start: vi.fn(), stop: vi.fn(), buffer: null, onended: null }),
+    };
+    const destination = {} as AudioNode;
+    createPulseTap(context as unknown as BaseAudioContext, destination);
+    expect(readSwitchboard()).toBeNull();
+    setMusicPulseAudible(true);
+    const bus = readSwitchboard();
+    expect(bus).toBe(gains[0]);
+    expect(playShutterClick()).toBe(true);
+    const envelope = gains[1]!;
+    expect(envelope.connect).toHaveBeenCalledWith(bus);
+    expect(envelope.gain.linearRampToValueAtTime).toHaveBeenCalledWith(0.18, expect.any(Number));
+    attachMusicPulse(null);
+    expect(readSwitchboard()).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/unit/dashcam-postcard.test.ts b/tests/unit/dashcam-postcard.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20031bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/dashcam-postcard.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  DASHCAM_COORDINATES,
+  POSTCARD_HEIGHT,
+  POSTCARD_WIDTH,
+  coverCrop,
+  drawPostcard,
+  postcardLayout,
+  type DashcamTelemetry,
+  type PostcardContext,
+} from '@/lib/dashcam-postcard';
+
+const telemetry: DashcamTelemetry = {
+  sectionId: 'infrastructure',
+  sectionLabel: 'Infrastructure',
+  chapter: 'pre-dawn',
+  exit: '04',
+  routePercent: 47,
+  clock: '03:51',
+  name: 'Luca Pîslaru',
+  city: 'Bucharest',
+};
+
+interface TextCall { text: string; x: number; y: number; align: CanvasTextAlign; font: string }
+
+function stubContext() {
+  const texts: TextCall[] = [];
+  const images: number[][] = [];
+  const ctx = {
+    fillStyle: '' as unknown,
+    strokeStyle: '' as unknown,
+    lineWidth: 1,
+    font: '',
+    textAlign: 'start' as CanvasTextAlign,
+    textBaseline: 'alphabetic' as CanvasTextBaseline,
+    drawImage: vi.fn((_source: unknown, ...rest: number[]) => { images.push(rest); }),
+    fillRect: vi.fn(),
+    fillText: vi.fn((text: string, x: number, y: number) => {
+      texts.push({ text, x, y, align: ctx.textAlign, font: ctx.font });
+    }),
+    beginPath: vi.fn(),
+    moveTo: vi.fn(),
+    lineTo: vi.fn(),
+    stroke: vi.fn(),
+    arc: vi.fn(),
+    fill: vi.fn(),
+    createLinearGradient: vi.fn(() => ({ addColorStop: vi.fn() })),
+    save: vi.fn(),
+    restore: vi.fn(),
+  };
+  return { ctx: ctx as unknown as PostcardContext & typeof ctx, texts, images };
+}
+
+const source = (width: number, height: number) => ({ width, height }) as unknown as HTMLCanvasElement;
+
+describe('coverCrop', () => {
+  it('crops a wider source to the 16:9 centre', () => {
+    expect(coverCrop(2400, 900, 1600, 900)).toEqual({ sx: 400, sy: 0, sw: 1600, sh: 900 });
+  });
+
+  it('crops a taller source to the 16:9 centre', () => {
+    const crop = coverCrop(1440, 1080, 1600, 900);
+    expect(crop.sx).toBe(0);
+    expect(crop.sw).toBe(1440);
+    expect(crop.sh).toBeCloseTo(810, 6);
+    expect(crop.sy).toBeCloseTo(135, 6);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps an exact-ratio source whole and tolerates an empty one', () => {
+    expect(coverCrop(3200, 1800, 1600, 900)).toEqual({ sx: 0, sy: 0, sw: 3200, sh: 1800 });
+    expect(coverCrop(0, 0, 1600, 900)).toEqual({ sx: 0, sy: 0, sw: 0, sh: 0 });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('postcardLayout', () => {
+  it('keeps every plate inside the frame at 1600 x 900', () => {
+    const l = postcardLayout();
+    expect(l.inset).toBe(44);
+    expect(l.left).toBeGreaterThan(l.inset);
+    expect(l.right).toBeLessThan(POSTCARD_WIDTH - l.inset);
+    expect(l.top - l.font).toBeGreaterThan(l.inset);
+    expect(l.bottom - l.lineGap - l.font).toBeGreaterThan(POSTCARD_HEIGHT / 2);
+    expect(l.bottom).toBeLessThan(POSTCARD_HEIGHT - l.inset);
+    expect(l.credit).toBeGreaterThan(l.bottom);
+    expect(l.credit).toBeLessThan(POSTCARD_HEIGHT);
+  });
+
+  it('scales with the smaller axis', () => {
+    expect(postcardLayout(800, 450).inset).toBe(22);
+    expect(postcardLayout(800, 900).inset).toBe(22);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('drawPostcard', () => {
+  it('covers the frame with the scene and writes the telemetry and credit', () => {
+    const { ctx, texts, images } = stubContext();
+    drawPostcard(ctx, source(2880, 1800), telemetry);
+    const l = postcardLayout();
+
+    expect(images).toEqual([[0, 90, 2880, 1620, 0, 0, POSTCARD_WIDTH, POSTCARD_HEIGHT]]);
+    expect(texts.map((call) => call.text)).toEqual([
+      'REC  DASHCAM · PRE DAWN · EXIT 04',
+      'ROUTE 47% · INFRASTRUCTURE',
+      '03:51',
+      'LUCA PÎSLARU',
+      DASHCAM_COORDINATES,
+      'NIGHT SHIFT · LUCA PÎSLARU · BUCHAREST',
+    ]);
+    const byText = Object.fromEntries(texts.map((call) => [call.text, call]));
+    expect(byText['ROUTE 47% · INFRASTRUCTURE']).toMatchObject({ x: l.left, y: l.bottom, align: 'left' });
+    expect(byText['03:51']).toMatchObject({ x: l.right, y: l.top, align: 'right' });
+    expect(byText[DASHCAM_COORDINATES]).toMatchObject({ x: l.right, y: l.bottom - l.lineGap, align: 'right' });
+    expect(byText['NIGHT SHIFT · LUCA PÎSLARU · BUCHAREST']).toMatchObject({ x: 800, y: l.credit, align: 'center' });
+    expect(texts.every((call) => call.font.includes('Geist Mono'))).toBe(true);
+    // Four corner brackets.
+    expect(ctx.stroke).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+    expect(ctx.save).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(ctx.restore).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('still draws the chrome over an empty source', () => {
+    const { ctx, texts, images } = stubContext();
+    drawPostcard(ctx, source(0, 0), telemetry);
+    expect(images).toEqual([]);
+    expect(texts).toHaveLength(6);
+  });
+});