Speed camera detectors recommendation
Discussion
Zippyworld said:
I am thinking of a dedicated phone mounted in the car just for Waze then.
In my Jag, I do exactly that.Plus the onboard Satnav is extremely basic (rubbish!).
Edited to add: plus I received 5 points in one go, so thought it wise to Waze.
In my Merc I have Apple Carplay. However the graphics on the onbaord Satnav, and zoom features are far superior to Waze/Google, so I just want Waze keeping tabs in the background.
Edited by Jarcy on Friday 9th October 14:51
mgsontour said:
Waze as above. We need the boys to make a jammer that bounces back variable speeds . . . .unless they are already out there?
I think the jammers simply return an error rather than a false speed. Either way, its a dangerous game to play when you move beyond a speeding offence or lack of licence plate offence to full on perverting the course of justice. I for one would then be unemployable with that sort of conviction as against a motoring conviction.
Zippyworld said:
So, how current is Road Angel ? By this I mean how does it obtain the latest reports, say of a handheld being used ?
I am genuinely slowing down but have to avoid more points for being 7mph over.....it may happen on occasion...
In my opinion Road Angel really missed a trick with the Pure which in my opinion/circumstances as opposed to the previous Gem Plus which had the report button facility as a feature is a real negative.I am genuinely slowing down but have to avoid more points for being 7mph over.....it may happen on occasion...
There is no doubt as others have said Waze is by far the better system if you can use or like the phone system (I don't).
To put my Road Angel experience into perspective and to really establish as to why I am or at least have been a real fan of its operating system is this.
Twenty odd years ago when I had to survey buildings all over the South of Britain it became obvious to me that camera vans were being sited in places all over the areas in which I was travelling.. With no local knowledge I very often found myself late for an appointment due to traffic build-up around the M25 and many other places. So I found myself going a tad faster than I would normally drive despite leaving a decent amount of extra time for the journey, in an area I'd never been before I found myself in a situation where coming around a bend I'd see a crafty/hidden camera van. Like I have said the Road Angel gave me that warning and over a long period with 20K miles a year the Road Angel did it's job.
Now I've sold my business and don't travel out of my own area, and I've built up a map in my head as to where they are placed, obviously they don't need to site them in obvious black spots and my opinion it seems to be where they can catch out the unwary.
I had the original road angel, then moved to tom tom, but because I'm not stupid I objected to paying circa £100/yr for map updates and live traffic/speedcam info, I moved to google maps for navigation and tom tom speed camera overlay for speed camera information. Both free, no ads. Bit of a no brainer.
Especially as at the time a large screen tom tom cost around £400 then £100 plus yrly for updates. Vs an already purchased smartphone that already had a bigger screen with better resolution and sensitivity than any stand alone device. Oh I also didn't have to fret about remembering to unplug/hide the tom tom after each journey in case some scrote spotted it on the dash and broke in to get it, also still a risk if the mount was there and the scum thought it might be in the glove box.
Frankly I'm surprised in the era of in-car screens, android auto/carplay integration and large format phone screens that a stand alone tom tom/road angle model even works anymore. Tom tom think so too, hence large resources being poured into various apps.
Earlier on I linked into the free tom tom speed camera overlay app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....
They've expanded it recently so that you can run on top of google maps in overlay if you wish, or as a full blown nav app.
Long gone are the days I'm mug enough to 'subscribe' to something that I can get at higher quality with more timely updates for free with less associated risks.
Especially as at the time a large screen tom tom cost around £400 then £100 plus yrly for updates. Vs an already purchased smartphone that already had a bigger screen with better resolution and sensitivity than any stand alone device. Oh I also didn't have to fret about remembering to unplug/hide the tom tom after each journey in case some scrote spotted it on the dash and broke in to get it, also still a risk if the mount was there and the scum thought it might be in the glove box.
Frankly I'm surprised in the era of in-car screens, android auto/carplay integration and large format phone screens that a stand alone tom tom/road angle model even works anymore. Tom tom think so too, hence large resources being poured into various apps.
Earlier on I linked into the free tom tom speed camera overlay app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....
They've expanded it recently so that you can run on top of google maps in overlay if you wish, or as a full blown nav app.
Long gone are the days I'm mug enough to 'subscribe' to something that I can get at higher quality with more timely updates for free with less associated risks.
Jarcy said:
Because we like to exceed the speed limit when safe to do so, either deliberately or inadvertently.
Whether this constitutes a 'bad' driver depends upon what's meant by 'bad':
Naughty? - yes.
Incompetent? - no correlation.
When a driver gets a licence they AGREE to obey the rules that goes with itWhether this constitutes a 'bad' driver depends upon what's meant by 'bad':
Naughty? - yes.
Incompetent? - no correlation.
If they do not agree with the rules then do not get a licence
Durzel said:
Realistically in those circumstances a jammer is the only thing that would've saved you, if you're determined to speed.
As said previously jammers will land you in a world of pain if the Police are inclined to follow up a jammed ping, which they're sure to do given how exceptional it is.
Never really understood motivation to speed in 30s, residential 30s at least. I would (and am) narked off by people flying past my house, I can hardly have a legitimate beef with that if my attitude is "not my street, not my problem".
This 36 in a 30 is definitely driving like a cock given your Speedo is probably showing 39-40As said previously jammers will land you in a world of pain if the Police are inclined to follow up a jammed ping, which they're sure to do given how exceptional it is.
Never really understood motivation to speed in 30s, residential 30s at least. I would (and am) narked off by people flying past my house, I can hardly have a legitimate beef with that if my attitude is "not my street, not my problem".
I’ve used a TomTom as both sat nav and camera warning for years, initially standalone unit and then on phone, either on windscreen mount or Apple Car Play and it has been very effective - so far.
It warns me of some mobile cameras, but by no means all of them. Does Waze do a better job than TomTom for mobile cameras?
How does Waze perform as a sat nav? Can you have offline maps? Does it work out your average speed for you when in an average speed zone as Tom Tom does?
in my view TomTom’s navigation and traffic is the best there is.
It warns me of some mobile cameras, but by no means all of them. Does Waze do a better job than TomTom for mobile cameras?
How does Waze perform as a sat nav? Can you have offline maps? Does it work out your average speed for you when in an average speed zone as Tom Tom does?
in my view TomTom’s navigation and traffic is the best there is.
Wollemi said:
I’ve used a TomTom as both sat nav and camera warning for years, initially standalone unit and then on phone, either on windscreen mount or Apple Car Play and it has been very effective - so far.
It warns me of some mobile cameras, but by no means all of them. Does Waze do a better job than TomTom for mobile cameras?
How does Waze perform as a sat nav? Can you have offline maps? Does it work out your average speed for you when in an average speed zone as Tom Tom does?
in my view TomTom’s navigation and traffic is the best there is.
Waze is pretty good, especially if you take the time to set the preferences up - "simplest route" works best for me as it mostly avoids the issue of it routing you down a single track road or 10 different residential streets to save 0.5 miles... It warns me of some mobile cameras, but by no means all of them. Does Waze do a better job than TomTom for mobile cameras?
How does Waze perform as a sat nav? Can you have offline maps? Does it work out your average speed for you when in an average speed zone as Tom Tom does?
in my view TomTom’s navigation and traffic is the best there is.
Personally I check the route out beforehand, and have the satnav muted - I only tend to look at it for the last mile or so. It will suggest new routes if there's major traffic in the way.
I've not used it "offline" as the main attraction for me is the live camera and traffic info, but it does function well enough on stored data if the connection drops out from time to time.
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