Best speed camera warning device?
Discussion
I've had a couple of moments recently whilst driving on very quiet empty dry roads and coming across a speed camera artfully tucked away on what is obviously a revenue raising exercise.
So I'm thinking of getting some sort of detector.
I remember seeing one advertised whereby if you see a trap you hit a button and it immediately updates everyone else's device in the area. Seems like a good thing to me if there are enough people using them to make it effective.
Anyone got one, used one, or got any thoughts or recommendations generally?
So I'm thinking of getting some sort of detector.
I remember seeing one advertised whereby if you see a trap you hit a button and it immediately updates everyone else's device in the area. Seems like a good thing to me if there are enough people using them to make it effective.
Anyone got one, used one, or got any thoughts or recommendations generally?
I use CamerAlert on my iPhone from PocketGPSWorld when travelling in areas that I'm not familiar with - no idea whether you have an iPhone or not though.
Before I had the Cameralert app on my phone I had a subscription to PocketGPSWorld's camera database and used it with my TomTom and personally think it's the best you can get - saved me a couple of times travelling to/from Scotland
David
Before I had the Cameralert app on my phone I had a subscription to PocketGPSWorld's camera database and used it with my TomTom and personally think it's the best you can get - saved me a couple of times travelling to/from Scotland
David
I have know someone who has used this for the last few years, so no problems so far: http://www.talex.co.uk/. A bit of velcro on top of the dash + bottom of the device is great. It's also got a HUD, useful enough that I now find it difficult to go back to (lower down) analogue speedo.
Anything which uses GPS will also be more accurate than traditional speedos (I've noticed up to 7mph difference using it between a few cars).
Anything which uses GPS will also be more accurate than traditional speedos (I've noticed up to 7mph difference using it between a few cars).
Edited by bicycleshorts on Monday 12th September 20:14
Ari said:
I've had a couple of moments recently whilst driving on very quiet empty dry roads and coming across a speed camera artfully tucked away on what is obviously a revenue raising exercise.
It will only raise revenue from those drivers who are unable to keep to the speed limitsDrivers who cannot keep to limits really need to ask themselves WHY and then formulate a plan that allows them to comply - after all, they all managed to keep to them on the test.
I'm not talking about deliberate speeding because the driver who does that has no excuse if caught and will probably not stop doing it until they amass 12 points and take a year off driving
Ari said:
Yes, well done. It's using precisely that which allows us to press on a little when the conditions are safe to do so.
Unfortunately the revenue raisers know that this is exactly the best place to site a camera.
You accepted the licence and therefore accepted the rules that go with itUnfortunately the revenue raisers know that this is exactly the best place to site a camera.
If you do not like the rules them don't play the game (drive)
R0G said:
Ari said:
I've had a couple of moments recently whilst driving on very quiet empty dry roads and coming across a speed camera artfully tucked away on what is obviously a revenue raising exercise.
It will only raise revenue from those drivers who are unable to keep to the speed limitsDrivers who cannot keep to limits really need to ask themselves WHY and then formulate a plan that allows them to comply - after all, they all managed to keep to them on the test.
I'm not talking about deliberate speeding because the driver who does that has no excuse if caught and will probably not stop doing it until they amass 12 points and take a year off driving
PGN 500sl said:
hey ROG, you do realise you are on PH?
YUP - a site with those that has a high interest in all matters of drivingNo matter what vehicle anyone has the rules are the same and yes, I like to see all those tarted up legally modified cars - much better than the boring norm
My main interest is more in the driving of the cars than the cars themselves.
Ignore the usual PH holier-than-thou crap.
I have a Road Angel Professional Connected.
On the minus side I am beginning to think it's too fragile to be tossed in and out of multiple vehicles like I do.
On the plus side, the static camera warnings are spot on and very useful. The infamous Holes Bay 'disguised speed camera in an unjustified 30 limit' would have got me about once a week if I didn't have it.
It does warn you about mobile sites and you can report the vans, but most of the 'live' warnings I get when someone else has pressed the button seem to be false alarms, presumably the van has long gone.
It's also hard to set the alert distance right. On the kind of windy A road I use a lot, too long a distance means the alert seems to be sounding all the time, but on DCs and M-ways it seems to go off too late if you shorten it.
But I'd still strongly recommend some kind of GPS warning device. I wouldn't be without one now.
I have a Road Angel Professional Connected.
On the minus side I am beginning to think it's too fragile to be tossed in and out of multiple vehicles like I do.
On the plus side, the static camera warnings are spot on and very useful. The infamous Holes Bay 'disguised speed camera in an unjustified 30 limit' would have got me about once a week if I didn't have it.
It does warn you about mobile sites and you can report the vans, but most of the 'live' warnings I get when someone else has pressed the button seem to be false alarms, presumably the van has long gone.
It's also hard to set the alert distance right. On the kind of windy A road I use a lot, too long a distance means the alert seems to be sounding all the time, but on DCs and M-ways it seems to go off too late if you shorten it.
But I'd still strongly recommend some kind of GPS warning device. I wouldn't be without one now.
R0G said:
PGN 500sl said:
hey ROG, you do realise you are on PH?
YUP - a site with those that has a high interest in all matters of drivingNo matter what vehicle anyone has the rules are the same and yes, I like to see all those tarted up legally modified cars - much better than the boring norm
My main interest is more in the driving of the cars than the cars themselves.
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