Speed camera detectors

[rossivr6]

Evening all.

I used to own a novus alpha which was a gps based speed camera detector, they’ve gone out of business so the updates are no longer available and I’m noticing new cameras are not logged.

I’m looking for a similar device, what’s the best out there at the moment?

TIA

[ninjag]

I often wonder how up-to-date and therefore effective the GPS ones can be when we have such a high turnover of roadworks in the UK and the temporary speed cameras they use? That M6 ring road is a right git and I'm amazed I never got booked whilst trying (understatement of the year) to get to the airport when they had recently closed the main slip road leading to it. The damn average speed cameras were up in the gantries hidden behind the lights used to light up the gantry signs so you couldn't see them until you were underneath and looking up - very, very sneaky. I think there are new ones coming out which will stick out from the side and will not have the bright colours painted on them.

As for real-time detection, are the guns pretty much all laser now? So by design, you'll only be able to detect them as they are already clocking you!

[Zedboy]

RoadAngel databases have only let me down once in 15 years. Loving the new PURE too.

[anonymous-user]

I just use Waze, it’s free and generally pretty accurate.

[windymissile]

Waze is really good. And the more people that use it the better it will get.
It's like interactive Google maps. Users can log incedent, traffic, roadworks, mobile/fixed cameras, just about anything.

[duttonst]

I've been using Waze a lot since it became available on CarPlay. It seems pretty good at showing you where speed cameras are but there are a couple of very useful features I'm used to in avg speed zones which it doesn't seem to have. Specifically:

• It doesn't tell you when you have exited the zone, so you basically have to guess based on whether you haven't had a warning for a while
• There's no indication of your actual average speed during the zone

Instead it seems to keep warning about specific SPECS cameras and asking if they are still there, which isn't very useful. Quite annoying, in fact.

Are these limitations of the CarPlay version? Am I using it wrong?

[Haltamer]

I was wondering about this - I wouldn't mind a Radar / Laser detector with a complementary GPS locator, primarily for the cool factor.