It doesn't. The database only holds the location of mobile units that use the sensors embedded into the road (3 wires, about 0.5m apart, little box on a pole next to the road for connecting camera equipment).

For the vans, which use laser speed detection, you rely on the (not very good) laser detector. But then, by definition none of the laser detectors are very good because the beam is so narrow. I don't believe the Road Angel laser detector is any worse than any of the other, similar systems. Personally, I don't bother to use it. Of course, you can store common 'van' sites in the database yourself.

As stated above, you can also get a laser jammer but, whilst detection is perfectly legal, jammers are not. Unless you are very quick to a) slow down and b) turn off the jamming signal, plod will know they've been jammed and have a pretty good idea by whom. If they are able to give chase and nick you, they will.

[Edited by dr_ming - 11/10/2003 3:46:27 PM]

 

Thinking of buying one but would like to find out if they are worthwile, esp. considering the price?

Pete

 

You can pick them up pretty cheap on Ebay, brand new for about £330

 

Cheers Nezz10, do u have one and if so what is it like?

Pete

 

Got mine for £335 from www.performancefx.co.uk. Works a treat. Have not yet found a fixed camera or mobile camera site that's not in it's database. The unit itself is reasonably small and discreete. It comes with a variety of bits and pieces for different installation options, and it works. What more could you want?

 

Good bit of kit and the cracking part is it's ability to transfer between cars so easily as its all in the one unit

 

Its on my Santa list................... and if he doesn't I will

1 RoadAngel with Laser...........and all the gubbins
1 Extra windshield cradle
1 Extra Laser reciever
A place to hard wire both into 2 cars



J

 

How does it do with mobile cameras - the ones in the back of vans? unless the database is updated everyday and you upload it to the angel everyday how do they know where they are?

 

Nezz, RA doesn't do mobile vans, only fixed sites and "blackspots". blackspots might=mobile van, but probably not.

to get the vans and mobile-plod you need LRC100.

- Mark.

 

Have you considered the Snooper S6-R Neo? I've had it for a few months now, and since owning the Scoob, it's "helped" on numerous occasions...

It's a fair bit bigger than the Road Angel, but I prefer the larger display, personally. The display of the Road Angel reminds me of the old Ericsson phones, where the most info you used to get was a line at a time! My only criticism is that the display isn't the brightest in the world. Oh, and it can get upset if you forget to turn it off before your ignition, and occasionally resets back to factory settings when you re-start you engine...

The best bit is when you approach a fixed radar-based camera site on the GPS database, if the RLD detects K-band radar coming from it, it displays a * just above the distance indicator. Depends how brave you are to take full advantage of that though...! Amazingly, since owning it, I've only seen the * ONCE. I was convinced the unit was knackered, as I was expecting far more to be switched on. I guess the "1 in 15 are active" statistic is true, after all. Either that, or the local constabulary trust us to obey the speed limits (which of course we all do )

Do a search in Google for the full info on it. There's loads of info available.

Click here for the cheapest place available on the Internet (that I could find anyway!)

Regards,

Ade.

 

Road angel £329 in Dixsons (Cardiff) of all places

 

Cheers for all the advice chaps. Looks like santa might have his work cut out,

Pete