rodsharp
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Looking to get a detector and probably nailed it down to Road Angel or Snooper. Has anybody experience of these and do they work reliably on fixed and mobile cameras and hand held devices?.
speed camera detectors which is best
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Backmarker
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I have generally found my eyes to work perfectly in avoiding Speed Camera's.
Once, in Norway, my pillion was most impressed that whilst we were pinging along at a fair old whack (overtaking a few things as we went), I 'suddenly' lifted off, droped back into the traffic flow and a couple of mph below the 50mph limit.
She thought it was because I had seen the 'plod' with the speed camera (lying prone, behind the hedge at the side of the road). I hadn't, it just felt like a piece of road that for whatever reason shoul be ridden at 50mph.
But if you want an electronic aid, then I heartly recommend NOT using anything TomTom based (they rely on 'customer' info - hundreds of CCTV and Traffic Light Camera's show as Speed Camera's on my TomTom, as do endless '50mph' limits on motorways long after the temporary restriction/roadworks have gone. Also shows camera's on every bridge of M25 from Junction 1 - Junction 15......
Once, in Norway, my pillion was most impressed that whilst we were pinging along at a fair old whack (overtaking a few things as we went), I 'suddenly' lifted off, droped back into the traffic flow and a couple of mph below the 50mph limit.
She thought it was because I had seen the 'plod' with the speed camera (lying prone, behind the hedge at the side of the road). I hadn't, it just felt like a piece of road that for whatever reason shoul be ridden at 50mph.
But if you want an electronic aid, then I heartly recommend NOT using anything TomTom based (they rely on 'customer' info - hundreds of CCTV and Traffic Light Camera's show as Speed Camera's on my TomTom, as do endless '50mph' limits on motorways long after the temporary restriction/roadworks have gone. Also shows camera's on every bridge of M25 from Junction 1 - Junction 15......
1130cc
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I have used the http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/ speed camera database on a TomTom Rider 2 for years.
It has saved me a ticket a few times.
It is also updated by members/public, built has few false positives.
I am a lifetime member.
It has saved me a ticket a few times.
It is also updated by members/public, built has few false positives.
I am a lifetime member.
Backmarker
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So your eyes didn't work perfectly on that occasion then!!!
I think they did. As in I saw that exceeding the speed limit might not be a good idea (not because there was a limit, but because the road conditions etc meant it was not). So my eyes saw a good reason to stick to the posted limit (road conditions, not plod), but then I have never had a problem anywhere with plod/camera etc being placed anywhere that I felt it was safe to plough through in excess of the stated limit.
So I use my eyes to look for indicators of an appropriate speed, and that has always sufficed for me, regardless of whether the things that I saw were a sharp bend or a policeperson with a camera gun.
Backmarker
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Does that include ones with a possessive case.....?
Ahh, is that a grammar thing?? Well done. I am sure you are right. I went to shit comp's, and had to do evening classes to get into Cambridge. Luckily they were really understanding, and allowed me in and let me get my degree without mocking my lack of understanding of classical grammar.
So I am happy to leave you with your little ego boost. Enjoy.
Schtum as a Username!. Freud would have had something to say about that
Dahoum
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The detector on my Nuvi 2595 works great 
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nuvi and my eye sight
Inforad is pretty good on a bike
INFORAD Bike GPS Speed Camera Warning System
INFORADM1
It is only GPS-based - but uses a single LED on a flexi-stalk which can be located such that it is in your field of vision.
http://www.buyinforad.com/?page_id=...00001760502051&lang=en¤cy=gbp&promo_id=
Al
INFORAD Bike GPS Speed Camera Warning System
INFORADM1
It is only GPS-based - but uses a single LED on a flexi-stalk which can be located such that it is in your field of vision.
http://www.buyinforad.com/?page_id=...00001760502051&lang=en¤cy=gbp&promo_id=
Al
The Grey One
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Eyes is best! And unlike these devices, they can't make using your own eyes illegal. Many countries in Europe (you know it's that big bit isolated by the channel) now ban such devices so you end up being fined for possession instead of for speeding. I suspect that these devices help to make people less observant not more which can't be a good thing.
But then I live in a land without the risk of points for speeding, we just have to pay. Often (too often according to SWMBO) an envelope arrives with a notice of a fine and since vehicles are insured not individual drivers there is no way of pinning it on one driver.
John
But then I live in a land without the risk of points for speeding, we just have to pay. Often (too often according to SWMBO) an envelope arrives with a notice of a fine and since vehicles are insured not individual drivers there is no way of pinning it on one driver.
John
Sat navs will only show up static camera sites (but not if they are live) and points where someone has noted in the past that there has been a mobile site. Problem comes when on the likes of the m6 where someone sees and traffic flow camera on a bridge thinks its a speed camera and logs its location.
The dedicated detectors will easily pick up the older Muniquip devices before they can get a speed lock BUT from the tests I've seen done with newer Pro Lasers devices etc they struggle to pick them up as they have a greater range than the detectors
Also camera vans will not be picked up nor will average speed cameras.
The answer is don't speed and if you insist on doing so take the consequences of your own actions and don't whinge when you get done for speeding or try to weasel out of it.
The dedicated detectors will easily pick up the older Muniquip devices before they can get a speed lock BUT from the tests I've seen done with newer Pro Lasers devices etc they struggle to pick them up as they have a greater range than the detectors
Also camera vans will not be picked up nor will average speed cameras.
The answer is don't speed and if you insist on doing so take the consequences of your own actions and don't whinge when you get done for speeding or try to weasel out of it.
The Grey One
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So because some arseholes get a 50 limit put on a nice quiet stretch of road we all have to obey? For laws to be just they have to be both sensible and have the support of a majority, even that Cameron creep can't just decree it. Where I used to live in the UK 50 limits went in despite opposition from the local police. They will be justified by the same suspect figures used for speed cameras. Statistics quoted by politicians (a breed that has to form parties so that they can get together and have a collective IQ nudging into double figures) and the anti driving lobby, all of whom lack the faintest idea of how to interpret such figures. Say "reduction to mean" to most of them and you wont see a flicker of understanding.
Just feeds the "speed kills" crap that is spouted by the intellectuality challenged. This theory was popular up until the coming of the railways-it was held that a speed faster than that of a galloping horse would be harmful to the human body. Most of us know better now. By focusing on the wrong reason for most accidents we risk ignoring the real problem. Accidents are, in the main, cause by someone not paying enough attention. In a small number of cases this will include driving too fast for the conditions but it is the inattention not the speed that is the culprit.
We are producing a generation of drivers (and some riders, sadly) who smugly think that if they obey the speed limit there are safer than the rest of us. So they go on using their phones, tuning the radio, poking at the Sat Nav and now you are suggesting check a bloody radar detector!
John
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sven
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As someone who travels for business in a car and leisure on my bike, speed camera detectors are an essential tool IMHO as it's very easy to stray slightly over the limit in urban areas if distracted (cruise control helps) and I drive/ride at a speed appropriate for the conditions on NSL roads, dual carriage ways and motor ways.
The fixed camera warnings on Garmin, Tomtom and Inforad devices are all basically the same, but their mobile camera warnings vary enormously.
I know that there will be a scamera van somewhere on the M6/M74 when heading to Glasgow or Edinburgh, so set the cruise control at a licence friendly 75, crank up the stereo and relax as I know I can have some fun once I head over the Devils Beeftub On the A1 or M1 heading south you're generally safe driving at the speed of the rest of the faster traffic.
I currently use an Inforad k2 in the car as it has inbuilt BMW sat nav without speed camera warnings. I've set it to give a constant audible warning if over the speed limit where there's a fixed camera, but just a double bleep warning when entering a mobile camera zone (plus flashing orange light). It does a pretty good job for £30 with lifetime updates
The fixed camera warnings on Garmin, Tomtom and Inforad devices are all basically the same, but their mobile camera warnings vary enormously.
I know that there will be a scamera van somewhere on the M6/M74 when heading to Glasgow or Edinburgh, so set the cruise control at a licence friendly 75, crank up the stereo and relax as I know I can have some fun once I head over the Devils Beeftub
On the A1 or M1 heading south you're generally safe driving at the speed of the rest of the faster traffic.I currently use an Inforad k2 in the car as it has inbuilt BMW sat nav without speed camera warnings. I've set it to give a constant audible warning if over the speed limit where there's a fixed camera, but just a double bleep warning when entering a mobile camera zone (plus flashing orange light). It does a pretty good job for £30 with lifetime updates
Pocket GPS World database does it for me, works perfectly and has regular updates just loaded into the 660 as custom POI's.
The subscription fee let's you use it over 3 devices, so I have it on my wifes iPhone using their own Cameralert app, free from the app store, on my Nexus 4, using the free cameralert app again from google play, and imported onto the Zumo 660.
The subscription fee let's you use it over 3 devices, so I have it on my wifes iPhone using their own Cameralert app, free from the app store, on my Nexus 4, using the free cameralert app again from google play, and imported onto the Zumo 660.
Delboy777
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So with your logic, does that mean you will only follow the laws that suit you ? So how about Rape or Murder, do they depend on what mood your in ? law is the law, break it and get caught and your fooked, take the consequences and stop fecking bleeting.
Road angel works off data base no emissions or receivers some 100% legal.
So with your logic, does that mean you will only follow the laws that suit you ? So how about Rape or Murder, do they depend on what mood your in ? law is the law, break it and get caught and your fooked, take the consequences and stop fecking bleeting.
I think you've taken a bit of a giant leap, there.............
(sorry - need to revisit that........ You're a fukwit
)I happily and knowingly break speed limits, outwith built-up areas .................
If I can gain an advantage in doing so without being caught - I'll consider using it.
Ooooooh................. what a desperado I am
Al
The Grey One
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So with your logic, does that mean you will only follow the laws that suit you ? So how about Rape or Murder, do they depend on what mood your in ? law is the law, break it and get caught and your fooked, take the consequences and stop fecking bleeting.
For "fecking bleeting" read trying to put forth a reason arguement- shame I didn't get a reasoned reply!
If you actually read and digested what I wrote you will see that I said that for a law to be just it must be sensible and have the support of the majority. I don't know about you but for me and those I know personally, both rape and murder are, we think, neither sensible or favoured by the majority.
Actually by your so called logic that rabble in Westminster can pass any law they fancy and the rest of us must meekly comply. You might usefully spend a while looking into the history of British laws. We have a long history of not obeying laws that either have become outdated or are considered as unjust. Just one example, we have the freedom to roam the hills in England, to walk unhindered across moors and uplands. That freedom was won by people, ordinary people, disobeying the law of the land and in so doing bringing about a change in that law. By your thinking we would all still be tugging our forelocks and paying the church a tithe.
John
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