Does anyone use speed camera detectors anymore?
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Staying away fro the usual sanctimonious rubbish about speeding etc -
I use an app called AMIGO on my phone - very useful as it also displays your average speed in an average speed zone. May be android only, but free and very accurate. Runs as an independent mini app as an overlay on google/waze so can still use your favourite mapping app.
Had several Road angels over the years - stopped using them 7 years ago when their customer service and general service went down the toilet. Think they were being acquired at the time.
I use an app called AMIGO on my phone - very useful as it also displays your average speed in an average speed zone. May be android only, but free and very accurate. Runs as an independent mini app as an overlay on google/waze so can still use your favourite mapping app.
Had several Road angels over the years - stopped using them 7 years ago when their customer service and general service went down the toilet. Think they were being acquired at the time.
Can I re-open this and ask if anyone has a radar signal detector that will pick up mobile police vans and act as a reminder? I have Waze, which is great, but don’t have 100% confidence it spots everything, and it alerts to dummy cameras (if that’s what they are!) and those that are switched off.
I have an Aguri Skyway, but what you're asking for is a little mixed up. Camera vans work on laser not radar. By the time the detector records a laser hit it would highly likely be too late, I rarely get a hit from a laser and have never had a hit from any scatter when it's pointed elsewhere. Powerful IR lights pointed at it can cause some interesting laser false alarms, there's an interesting part of the M5 near the M42 junction where that happens.
It does detect RF from those fixed cameras that work on radar, and thus can tell which are active or not (most often gatsos).
Tbh I really only use Waze, it does rely on someone reporting a mobile camera but given the number of users/volume of traffic on the roads, I'd say it covers most circumstances.
Unless I've missed something, I don't think Waze can audibly alert you to a camera when you approach it and when you're under the speed limit...which I usually am !!
It does detect RF from those fixed cameras that work on radar, and thus can tell which are active or not (most often gatsos).
Tbh I really only use Waze, it does rely on someone reporting a mobile camera but given the number of users/volume of traffic on the roads, I'd say it covers most circumstances.
Unless I've missed something, I don't think Waze can audibly alert you to a camera when you approach it and when you're under the speed limit...which I usually am !!
Fermit said:
Yes, but consider how much car performance has improved in all areas. In 1965 the best selling car was an Austin 1100. A car with 48 BHP, drums on the rear, and a top speed of 80mph. At the NSL one of these would be at approaching 90% of what it could muster.
The best selling car (so far) of 2023 Is the Ford Puma. The entry level engine on these is 125bhp, discs all round and a 122mph top speed. This is before considering traction control, ABS, and numerous other developments cars feature.
Using the 90%of top speed point would come out at about 110mph. Taking in to account the extra traffic levels, wouldn't a half way point increase of 90mph not seem reasonable? Even in America, the most litigious country in the world, some states have an 85mph limit.
Unfortunately reaction speeds don’t change and as always we have to cater for the lowest common denominators.The best selling car (so far) of 2023 Is the Ford Puma. The entry level engine on these is 125bhp, discs all round and a 122mph top speed. This is before considering traction control, ABS, and numerous other developments cars feature.
Using the 90%of top speed point would come out at about 110mph. Taking in to account the extra traffic levels, wouldn't a half way point increase of 90mph not seem reasonable? Even in America, the most litigious country in the world, some states have an 85mph limit.
Edited by Fermit on Saturday 16th December 13:13
There are a lot of muppets on the road who think they can drive better than they do. Maybe we could all be given the option to do advanced driving tests which increase motorway driving to 90mph, enabling you to submit your cars registration accordingly. Completing advanced tests isn’t about being able to drive fast it’s about knowing when you can which is surprisingly less than you would think.
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