DogsofWar

iTrader: (3)

I've just been flashed by a bloody speed camera on the north bound carriage way of the A1 near Grantham, *******. They will be the first points and i'm going to try and make them the last, so i'm going to buy a speed camera detector so any suggestions on the best model? Sorry about the moaning but i'm well and truely pissed off.

StickyMicky

Bubba po

You have one as standard. It's called a speedometer.

NotoriousREV

DON'T GIVE IN TO THE SCAMERASHIPS! KEEP SPEEDING OR YOU'RE LETTING THEM WIN!

This post contains added vitamins and irony

Smurf2k

iTrader: (6)

May sound a daft Q but how many times did the camera flash? been up that way a few times and noticed they only flashed once, this usually indicates that the camera has no film or has ran out

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

i have a speed camera detector but hardly ever use it, it takes more than a warning on the dash to stop you from getting caught although it will help

Dr Seymour Klitz

www.pepipoo.com

pslewis

Don't waste even MORE money!!

Just keep to the speed limit and it will, as if by magic, never happen again!!

Pete

wide

If your going to getone, then an old road angel classic will do the job well. tells you where gatsos are located, but the radar guns will still get you. I dont use mine that often ,only good if your going to a city you have never been before. Really just keep to the speed limits, sorry if its teaching you to suck eggs.

andyfish

Was happy with my road angel 2 - just traded in for a Navigator and happy with that too.

rb5 286

iTrader: (2)

dont get a radar detector, just change your rear plate to something else , lot cheaper

alternatively get a road angel 2 or a sat nav that u can update with the speed camera database from www.pocketgps.co.uk

Drnaz_2000

but it wasnt you driving.....it was your friends friends....whats his name now......oh....you forgot.....oh well.

Trap2Terrorist

iTrader: (3)

The original Road Angel is supposed to be good because it doesn't "talk" to you, just beeps, so doesn't get annoying.

Alternatively, a friend of mine has just bought the latest HP iPac from ebay for ~£170 and got hold of a "backup" copy of TomTom software. He says it's superb and has all the latest info on static camera's and frequent mobile camera locations that have been reported to them.

The added bonus is that the iPac can be used for stacks of other things aswell so is better value for money, (eg Sat Nat, web browsing, email sync'ing, address book, etc).

Roojai

I've got a fully functioning road angel 1 that will tell you where all the permanent speed cameras are and also detect radar/laser guns that I am happy to sell cheap. PM if interested.

THOMO

get one asap .they have saved me 4 times and once last week .i do a lot of traveling so when im out of my home town the raod angel comes out.it picked up a radar gun from a bridge above the M62 (i think) going towards Hull anyway.i was doing 70 mph in anycase but if i decided to overtake it would of been a different story.

NXG

I use the new Road Angel 2 (and you can turn off the voice if it annoys you) and I like it for the blackspot warnings as much as the camera warnings.

There's a blackspot on my communte home on the A43 between Northampton and Towcester. The RA2 reminds me about this without fail whereas you wouldn't think about it as a danger normally due to how open the road appears. There have been so many accidents there, some fatal, involving people turning across the dual lanes. You can't help but back off and concentrate a little more than normal when the RA2 beeps, so it must be worthwhile for that alone.

Another useful feature is the top speed warning (not sure what it's really called off hand) which lets you set a speed at which you want to be beeped at. I have mine set at a license retaining 95mph (speedo will indicate slightly higher). You'll still get points obviously, but you won't get an automatic ban (in a 70mph limit anyway). It works quite well as you are a lot less likely to exceed this speed once you've been reminded the next beep you hear may be your license being revoked! You can set it lower if you feel you must, or sell your Impreza, both will slow you down.

The optional licence plate sensors are well worth having as a lot of targetted mobile guns won't be picked up by the RA2 (or other manufacturers for that matter) dash level sensors.

No doubt you'll get lots of smart responses saying 'don't speed' and 'you should always be concentrating 100%' but this is the real world and most of them will be, lets say, 'tongue in cheek' remarks anyway.

If you do go for one of these, check out Network(x?) Automotive on eBay as they sell the new ones cheaper there than they do on their own website.

Steve

wrc350bhp

road pilot and diffuser front and back, no more to be said

WRXPete

Can't name the driver of the car at the time of the offence...never mind, the law allows for the owner to be prosecuted instead...you still gets the points...and surely you didn't permit use of the vehicle without insurance...nice try!!

pslewis

Nothing beats a lump of mud that has been 'accidently' thrown up during your drive and amazingly makes one digit impossible to read

Pete

Fangoria

iTrader: (1)

Just wondered
Whats the offence for driving without number plates?

I drove without a front number plate for a year (when I put on a front mounted intercooler) and never was stopped - but I had the rear one on

This would also be interesting in terms of central london congestion charging - although there seem to be a lot of more traffic bike coppers in central london!

WRXPete

Fail to display a registration mark...think there's a 30 pounder for it.

DogsofWar

iTrader: (3)

To all that stated don't speed, I was only doing may be 5mph over the limit on a dual carriage way, I was the only car on the road plus I had the wife and kids with me, so no chance of silly speeds. Any way thats life!

Typer Jim

I have an Origin B2 and it not let me down yet!!!!!!!

Do cameras actually have films in them in this day and age..... Surely they are digital!

pslewis

If you were only doing 5MPH over the limit, you were doing 75MPH and have NOTHING to fear .............. sleep easy.

By the way, and for future reference, the Cameras cannot tell if the road is clear or not ... it also cannot compute if there are others in the car and what relationship they are to the Driver ...

Pete

Typer Jim

pslewis

Digital images are not admissable as evidence - as they can be manipulated without trace.

Pete

DEEDEE

I drive a HGV and have been told its a £60 fine but not endorsable, for no number plate. Its a risk you take. Better sticking to the limits than pushing your luck. Unless you know of a good bit of road, then give it some boot, and release the GRIN

billy2k

There are loads around here i live in south kensington, u see the bikes pulling some poor sod every day.
Not a good look

Roojai

The police do use digital cameras now, they can be used as evidence - not sure how it works, some special picture format or something. I know 'cos I work in the RSPCA and we are a few years behind the police technology but we have just started to use approved digital images in court cases.

Roojai

If that is true it is much more sensible to drive around without one on if you intend to do a lot of speeding, as that is a lot cheaper than a speeding ticket!