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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 11:40 AM
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any device that can tell me this?

went to collect some stuff from a person off ebay eysterday, countryside sort of area.. speed limits ranged from 20 to 30 to 40 to 50 to 60 and national speed limit and back down, and the dam road seemed the same

give or take a lane or 2, single carriage ways and dual carriage ways etc.

cameras come along and when your confused, reading sat nav for which turn off, your not sure of the speed limit of the road..

would make it easier to just include this with the amount of people using sat navs these days, am sure it'll improve safety

god knows why they havnt done it already.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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seems to be something like that on my Navman s90i, flashes up the speed limit, also only tells you about a camera if you are within 10% of the limit i.e. travelling more than 10% below the speed limit it does not bong at you.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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tomtom tells you the speed of the road your on but if they have change the limit on that road then your stuffed, also the road angle tells you the speed.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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Or you could opt for an origin b2.. its slightly old but still a great piece of kit plus you have the option to buy a radar diffuser. You have less chance of getting caught if you are slightly over.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 01:28 PM
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ive got one of these

Navman Store

not sure which model, ill have to check, but its the one that gives you real time traffic news and redirects.. s90i i think

is there anyway to get this to display the road speed limit? i have had it over a year now

surely must be a way .. anyone used it?
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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actually it does tell yuo the speed limit of the road, not every road though, it pops up, usually a road witha camera on it
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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yep a gatso but u wont know for a few weeks
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by eggy790
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any device that can tell me this?

went to collect some stuff from a person off ebay eysterday, countryside sort of area.. speed limits ranged from 20 to 30 to 40 to 50 to 60 and national speed limit and back down, and the dam road seemed the same

give or take a lane or 2, single carriage ways and dual carriage ways etc.

cameras come along and when your confused, reading sat nav for which turn off, your not sure of the speed limit of the road..

would make it easier to just include this with the amount of people using sat navs these days, am sure it'll improve safety

god knows why they havnt done it already.
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by M444GY
yep a gatso but u wont know for a few weeks

yes i know that piece of equipment i just been done doing 42 in a 30 zone
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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just to let you know if you look at your tomtom (positive this will be the same whatever the make) it does say somewhere that the information provided is only a guide and cannot be used as a defence if found to be breaking the law. bascally if you keep an eye on the roadsigns and are aware of what the satnav is telling you on occasions, for however short a time it does not always correspond to the actual limit of the road. i have noticed this loads of times myself, all you can do is just be aware of it.
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