New Road Angel false alarms
New Road Angel false alarms
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bimmer

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16 posts

254 months

Monday 17th March 2008
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Hi have had the new RA for the last 3 years (subscription now up for renewal) on the whole it as been OK, but over the last few months it tends to warn for fixed safety cameras that I know are not there, like on my drive or as I am driving into my garage.

Has anybody had similar problems? tried leaving a troubleshooter message on the blackspot website but had no reply so far.
Got to the stage where I am reluctant to renew the subscription, if it is warning when it shouldn't and have lost confidence in it.

Any comments much appreciated

Cheers

jimmyb

12,254 posts

239 months

Tuesday 18th March 2008
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Road Angel = Rubbish borrowed a friends one for a day gave it back and went without till my origin was returned after warranted repair after it tried telling me there was a 30mph limit on a motorway and missed various cameras which i knew were there even though it had been updated the night before.

dapprman

2,705 posts

290 months

Thursday 20th March 2008
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Not had a problem with my road angel (had a New Road Angel for 3.5 years, and a classic for a year before that), except on SPECs where some times it struggles to notice the whole section has been removed.

Now build quality .... oh and I had a RA 6000 for 2 days last year, was so bad I sent it back and renewed my New again.

Now my sub is virtually up I'm considering trading in for a Pogodrive.

jimmyb

12,254 posts

239 months

Thursday 20th March 2008
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Trust me do so its a decision you will not regret.

Smoker

42 posts

276 months

Sunday 23rd March 2008
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When you get these false alerts on your drive for example is there a little letter 'P' also shown when showing the alert type icon?

bimmer

Original Poster:

16 posts

254 months

Sunday 23rd March 2008
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Smoker said:
When you get these false alerts on your drive for example is there a little letter 'P' also shown when showing the alert type icon?
No little letter 'P' just Tiff Needels advance warning. it appears to work fine when I am using it whilst out driving, but I am losing confidence in it as mentioned previously.

Smoker

42 posts

276 months

Sunday 23rd March 2008
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And there is no camera anywhere near your house? Even as the crow flies. Seems a bit odd that it happems to be near your house but ok elsewhere