Road Angel going down the pan ?
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Road Angel going down the pan ?
Have had a classic RA since they first came out and have always been impressed, however lately despite doing weekly updates it seems to be years out of date regarding fixed camera sites.
Last week I drove past about 35 fixed Gatso & Truvelo sites all round Leeds, Birmingham & London and only one or two beeped but I know most of them have been up for years, are the guys at Blackspot just taking our money and letting the database service go down the pan.
One example is the 14+ cameras on the A65 in leeds, not one came up on RA and I travelled in both directions most of those cameras went up over a year ago.
Last week I drove past about 35 fixed Gatso & Truvelo sites all round Leeds, Birmingham & London and only one or two beeped but I know most of them have been up for years, are the guys at Blackspot just taking our money and letting the database service go down the pan.
One example is the 14+ cameras on the A65 in leeds, not one came up on RA and I travelled in both directions most of those cameras went up over a year ago.
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Originally Posted by DanTheMan
Have had a classic RA since they first came out and have always been impressed, however lately despite doing weekly updates it seems to be years out of date regarding fixed camera sites.
Last week I drove past about 35 fixed Gatso & Truvelo sites all round Leeds, Birmingham & London and only one or two beeped but I know most of them have been up for years, are the guys at Blackspot just taking our money and letting the database service go down the pan.
One example is the 14+ cameras on the A65 in leeds, not one came up on RA and I travelled in both directions most of those cameras went up over a year ago.
Last week I drove past about 35 fixed Gatso & Truvelo sites all round Leeds, Birmingham & London and only one or two beeped but I know most of them have been up for years, are the guys at Blackspot just taking our money and letting the database service go down the pan.
One example is the 14+ cameras on the A65 in leeds, not one came up on RA and I travelled in both directions most of those cameras went up over a year ago.
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My RA2 reported the presence of a whole string of Gatsos along the a12 which weren't there. To be fair, they were temporary roadwork instalations, but I had updated the device the very same day. I guess you do have to cut it some slack with temporary cameras though, as a re-location may occur just before/after a database update- there is a limit to how often they can re-update I guess.
Generally I find the device works very well and Blackspot has always been an efficient company to deal with.
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Generally I find the device works very well and Blackspot has always been an efficient company to deal with.
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Well I spoke to to the helpdesk at Blackspot and gave them a specific list of cameras that were missing and they were more than helpful and suggested it may be faulty so I have returned it to them for diagnosis. Its one of the very early units (surely out of warranty) with a lifetime subscription so I'm not sure what they will do if it is duff however they have been a great help so far.....watch this space
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I think so many people are just using satnav as a method of detecting camera sites, that Road Angel can clearly see their days are numbered - and are probably putting a bit less effort into keeping the database up-to-date to maintain profit margins.
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Well my RA is back, there was a problem with the firmware, its now spot on and a BIG thumbs up for the guys at Blackspot - excellent customer service
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