Speed camera detectors recommendation
Discussion
Zippyworld said:
Hello
Can I ask what are the latest opinions on speed camera detectors ?
Research tells me Road Angel pure but subscriptions are expensive.
Anyone tried anything else ?
Does a heated windscreen cause issues ?
Thankyou
I've had Road Angel products for about 20 plus years and have the latest Pure. I know many people use Waze etc but I've never got on with the phone based systems.Can I ask what are the latest opinions on speed camera detectors ?
Research tells me Road Angel pure but subscriptions are expensive.
Anyone tried anything else ?
Does a heated windscreen cause issues ?
Thankyou
Over the period of time I've had RA products it's probably saved me more times than I can count. I'm not a serial speeder, quite the opposite but at times due to traffic jams I've been late for a survey and in an area I don't know and of course don't know where they hide.
My oldish TomTom sat nav has camera alerts and is also quite good.
Waze is absolutely brilliant, warning of hazards, police , mobile speed traps etc . It is a bit rubbish on the phone but it you have a car with CarPlay or Android it’s great.
Since I’ve been using it I seem to have been through loads of mobile camera vans (they are targeting the A507 near me) and it’s yet to miss one .
Even if you get another detector you should use Waze as your satnav and always have it running
Since I’ve been using it I seem to have been through loads of mobile camera vans (they are targeting the A507 near me) and it’s yet to miss one .
Even if you get another detector you should use Waze as your satnav and always have it running
Waze is good but it relies on other victims being pinged first who then choose to flag.
I can recommend the Target Blueye which is a Tetra detector and in rural settings has a range of around 2km, the downsides are that it's quite expensive and airwave is in the very slow progress of moving over to 4g so will only function for the next five or so years (maybe longer if the rollouts delayed yet again).
I can recommend the Target Blueye which is a Tetra detector and in rural settings has a range of around 2km, the downsides are that it's quite expensive and airwave is in the very slow progress of moving over to 4g so will only function for the next five or so years (maybe longer if the rollouts delayed yet again).
Don't bother with radar detectors. No police speed van uses radar these days.
I also wouldn't bother with laser detectors, laser speed devices take a speed reading of your vehicle in a fraction of a second, by the time the device has alerted you, the reading would've already been taken.
Laser jammers on the other hand are illegal and if caught you could be convicted of perverting the course of justice, a very serious offence! Most modern speed devices can now also detect and bypass jammers too.
I also wouldn't bother with laser detectors, laser speed devices take a speed reading of your vehicle in a fraction of a second, by the time the device has alerted you, the reading would've already been taken.
Laser jammers on the other hand are illegal and if caught you could be convicted of perverting the course of justice, a very serious offence! Most modern speed devices can now also detect and bypass jammers too.
HantsRat said:
Don't bother with radar detectors. No police speed van uses radar these days.
I also wouldn't bother with laser detectors, laser speed devices take a speed reading of your vehicle in a fraction of a second, by the time the device has alerted you, the reading would've already been taken.
Laser jammers on the other hand are illegal and if caught you could be convicted of perverting the course of justice, a very serious offence! Most modern speed devices can now also detect and bypass jammers too.
Does the vehicle not have to be recorded covering a set distance at an excessive speed ?I also wouldn't bother with laser detectors, laser speed devices take a speed reading of your vehicle in a fraction of a second, by the time the device has alerted you, the reading would've already been taken.
Laser jammers on the other hand are illegal and if caught you could be convicted of perverting the course of justice, a very serious offence! Most modern speed devices can now also detect and bypass jammers too.
Zippyworld said:
Does the vehicle not have to be recorded covering a set distance at an excessive speed ?
Thats VASCAR which is in car stuff usually done by the unmarked cars although can be used in any car its fitted too. A simple time distance calculation completed in which the police car measures the distance and the operator measures the time between 2 points. More employed on a fast road rather than a small village road. Even the helicopter can do it if they are really really bored !!!The handheld laser devices will give an instant reading of speed and the distance away from the device that speed was recorded.
Zippyworld said:
Does the vehicle not have to be recorded covering a set distance at an excessive speed ?
You form a prior opinion a vehicle is speeding. Whilst performing this opinion the laser isn't used. The laser is only activated to take the reading. The reading on the laser is instant and can be used as evidence, No need for multiple reading over a set distance. Zippyworld said:
Thankyou for positive responses guys.
To those who make it personal regarding eyesight and driving ability don’t waste your time.
Seriously, why would you need a gadget to tell you there is a big yellow box by the side of the road? Either you’re intent on doing humongous excess speed that you can’t possibly scrub off in time, or you’re not looking out of the big pane of glass in front of you. I accept there may be areas of the country that camo them, but all the once I’ve seen in the SE are luminous yellow. To those who make it personal regarding eyesight and driving ability don’t waste your time.
The real challenge is the mobile van and Waze is the only approach that covers that. Yes it relies on someone else reporting it, but in 3 years of using Waze, I’ve only ever managed to report one - it was as a pedestrian, and I saw the van pull over into a lay-by. In every other case, the van has already been reported.
R0G said:
Why would any driver need such a device?
Are they saying that they are such a bad driver as not to be able to drive within speed limits?
Because we like to exceed the speed limit when safe to do so, either deliberately or inadvertently.Are they saying that they are such a bad driver as not to be able to drive within speed limits?
Whether this constitutes a 'bad' driver depends upon what's meant by 'bad':
Naughty? - yes.
Incompetent? - no correlation.
rxe said:
Zippyworld said:
Thankyou for positive responses guys.
To those who make it personal regarding eyesight and driving ability don’t waste your time.
Seriously, why would you need a gadget to tell you there is a big yellow box by the side of the road? Either you’re intent on doing humongous excess speed that you can’t possibly scrub off in time, or you’re not looking out of the big pane of glass in front of you. I accept there may be areas of the country that camo them, but all the once I’ve seen in the SE are luminous yellow. To those who make it personal regarding eyesight and driving ability don’t waste your time.
The real challenge is the mobile van and Waze is the only approach that covers that. Yes it relies on someone else reporting it, but in 3 years of using Waze, I’ve only ever managed to report one - it was as a pedestrian, and I saw the van pull over into a lay-by. In every other case, the van has already been reported.
I have been clean for 18 years prior.
I can easily spot yellow boxes without issue and even possess the ability to slow down before I reach them.
Not difficult really, stop being a cock if you can rxe
Zippyworld said:
I have been notified of two offences in a week of 36 in a 30, both by hand held guns.
I have been clean for 18 years prior.
I can easily spot yellow boxes without issue and even possess the ability to slow down before I reach them.
Not difficult really, stop being a cock if you can rxe
In that case the hand held devices will be laser so a detection device would've been no use anyway. I have been clean for 18 years prior.
I can easily spot yellow boxes without issue and even possess the ability to slow down before I reach them.
Not difficult really, stop being a cock if you can rxe
Zippyworld said:
I have been notified of two offences in a week of 36 in a 30, both by hand held guns.
I have been clean for 18 years prior.
I can easily spot yellow boxes without issue and even possess the ability to slow down before I reach them.
Not difficult really, stop being a cock if you can rxe
You've been notified of 2 offenses in 1 week - and you tell other people to stop being a cock!!!!!I have been clean for 18 years prior.
I can easily spot yellow boxes without issue and even possess the ability to slow down before I reach them.
Not difficult really, stop being a cock if you can rxe
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".
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".
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