cw42

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yes it does phil, at the top of the Cat & Fiddle the other day, I passed a laser van pointing in the direction I was going. My DS went off when he gunned the back of my car
It wont block it, just detect it.

cw42

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Dissapointed to go along the M60 between stockport and trafford park, and be warned of the 40 mph cameras that went weeks ago! I thought they'd been taken out of the database now?

cw42

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Update: The above mentioned cameras are no longer on the database after my last update
Still the last one missing at the bottom of Mottram Moor off the a57 though
Other than that, the unit is performing flawlessly, no probs here

cw42

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Update: My in car power lead isn't working I fear I may have shorted it out somehow. Andy at Prosport says that putting large things like this leads adapter in the *** lighter can cause the pins to bend too far apart, and loose contact, but upon fixing that, the unit still wouldn't power up. I've already had the unit back in the house to check all was well on the mains transformer, and it is Just the incar power. Email sent to sales about the problem, lets see how long they take to respond.

Morgan WRX

Hi CW, any word back on the power supply, and are u still happy with it cheers

Morgan

cw42

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Hi morgan, yep, still happy with the unit, bit of a chance for an update here too
The lead issue was fixed by recieving a pm off the drive smart boss, telling me of issues with plugging the unit into cigar lighters on cars, and fusing the units lead. This was confirmed by andy at prosport, saying the subaru was particulaly susceptable to this, as it's a crap design of lighter socket. I fixed it by buying a replacement fuse first of all, then bought a lighter socket extender, which is a 1 into 3 unit. I now plug the power lead into that, and that stays permanantly plugged into the scooby lighter socket.

I've recently been caught speeding in Belgium too and can confirm that buried in the dash as mine is, the police don't realise what it is. There was some worry that he'd recognise it, and destroy it, but he didn't
On the other hand, it was crap abroad, with a LOT of false alarms to and from the Nurburgring. The only time it was useful, was as we were nearing the ring, and there were a number of cameras on the entry to villages in that region, which it picked up. I wish it'd alerted me to the so-called speed trap that I got caught in, but it didn't.
The euro database was worthless, with speed camera warnings all the way back around Brussels and through Belgium, with not one camera sited.
That needs a lot of work on it, so if you're using it abroad, don't rely on it.
There are annoyingly still gatso cameras listed on it on the m60 section just after trafford park too, this section has been free of cameras for ages now! Come on drive smart, get it sorted.

Chelspeed

I think having red light cameras in the database is not a good thing. So slagging road angel for not having them is not a good thing either.

Getting caught speeding in a made up, unnecessarily low, revenue gathering speed limit at 03:00 in the morning is one thing that should be defended against. But deliberately jumping red lights is not big or clever, just plain bad driving and dangerous. And if you're not going to jump them deliberately why do you need to know where they are?

Stick to speed cameras. People jumping red lights should be caught and prosecuted.

GazTheHat

Any pics of it installed in the clocks now?

Any details of the Defender 2 side of it. Fitting, reliability

alcazar

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Not sure about Belgium, but a GPS based camera detection sytem certainly ISN'T illegal in France: last time I was over, the DIY sheds were full of 'em.

Alcazar

cw42

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Nope Not got round to taking any, will do tomorrow if the weathers ok

Haven't fitted the defender yet, as tbh, I don't see the point! If you get a warning you've been lasered, it's too late!

cw42

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alcazar, taken from wikipedia:

France
Speed limit enforcement in France is widespread by the use of static manned police speed traps. This has resulted in a drop of around 20% in the French road fatality rate since 2002. In the case of offenders who do not have an address in France, French police and Gendarmes have the power to demand a deposit from the driver against the payment of the fine, which in practice is 100% of the amount of the fine for the offence. French police and Gendarmes target static locations where it is easy for them to trap large numbers of drivers exceeding the speed limit. These locations often include motorway sliproads, where speed limits that descend every 100 metres are common. Although accident rates are high in France, the French police and Gendarmes concentrate their resources mostly on speed[citation needed]. In some cases, the gendarmes locate themselves at toll booths on motorways, and fine drivers who have arrived at the exit toll booth too soon since taking a ticket at the entry toll booth. A common tactic by long-distance drivers is therefore to take any breaks (for meals etc) on tolled sections of road rather than untolled sections, thereby reducing their average speed between the toll booths.

Speed trap detectors are illegal in France. The mere existence of a speed trap detector in a vehicle, even if switched off or packed in luggage, attracts a fine of up to €3000, confiscation of the device, potentially also of the vehicle, and in some cases a prison sentence [1].

Automatic speed cameras exist in France, but are rare compared to other European countries, and usually face the front of oncoming vehicles, thereby capturing a photo of the driver.

GazTheHat

The defender is the jammer, so when it warns you, you have x secs to get to the required speed.

lOOking forward to seeing the pics.

Morgan WRX

Well CW,

Have you being to ireland yet, and if so did it work, or has anyone else that has one being here. ur report on eu puts a brake on my decision to buy it. cheers

Morgan

cw42

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Sorry, no pics yet
Not been to ireland either, so can't comment on the database there.