Speed camera detectors

[MrsSmithD]

Can anyone recommend a good one?

I’ve been looking online and I can’t really find one with good reviews! All seem a bit mediocre.

In the nicest possible way, I am not looking for people to say not to speed! I am fully in agreement about this. This is for DH who has now got 6 points on his licence and I don’t want him to get anymore!

Thanks in advance!

He'd be better off learning to count so he recognises numbers and stays just under the speed limit at all times. And if in doubt go ten miles under until he sees a sign.

Do not rely on the speed limit being correct on a satnav display.

Local to me the limits have gone from 40 to 30, and just like a PP mentioned it's done by the removal of 40 signs and repeaters, which is easy to miss. The council sent the new limit through to the database to make the correct limit show on car info systems. For a month or two this worked but the old limits are now showing again.

OP speed camera detection is the solution to the wrong problem, which I think you know. (Certain types of detector are illegal in Scotland but afaik not in England) You should focus on not letting your children ride in the car ever with this dangerous driver. And take him off the insurance on any vehicle you own.

So you want to facilitate illegal behaviour.
Lovely

You were speeding, twice
Once isxa mistake, twice is just arrogant

Not speeding isn't 'being perfect', it's just understanding that being allowed to drive involves following rules. It's a cop out to criticise others to make yourself feel better.

Daschund · Today 07:05

It's years ago now and I clearly remember his name; all because he thought the law didn't apply to him.

Was that in North Yorkshire? If so, friends down there were telling me about it, he was notorious for getting pissed and driving home from the pub; an arrogant, bumptious twat.

They are illegal. Always have been. Although there is some strange part of law that means you can own one, but not use it.

Besides, the location of all cameras is published and signed. The only ones that aren't are mobile police cameras, and they only target accident spots.

The TomTom satnav on your phone (around £12 per year I think!) pings to warn you of you're going over the speed limit which would seem a far more sensible reminder than where cameras are

If you read my post it was twice within 3 days. It wasn’t arrogant. I didn’t know that the limit had changed when I was caught the second time since it takes about two weeks for the notice to come through. And there were no signs up they simply took down the 40 signs and linked two 30 zones. Previously you came out of one village and it was 40 until you reached the next.

Its interesting that they're illegal as they are on google maps. When i connect my phone to my car via USB google maps loads on the screen, pings and tells me there is a mobile speed camera ahead.

Why the fuke do you and your husband feel so entitled...to speed and break the law?

Have you ever lost a child or close relative in a road death, had to scrape up bodies from the road or free victims from vehicles due to an ENTITLED individual that felt the rules didn't apply to them?

Speeding regulations are there for a reason. Your husband needs to sort his shit out and allow appropriate time to get from A to B. He is your problem, not the speed limits!

Tell your DH to take responsibility for his actions and stop speeding. If he doesn't, and loses his licence, he only has himself to blame and hopefully learns from the consequences. In the meantime, I hope he doesn't cause an accident and end up with penalties harsher than loss of licence.

Yes you are wrong, they are not illegal on UK roads

Coconutter24 · Today 08:19

Yes you are wrong, they are not illegal on UK roads

Yup:

https://eu.escortradar.com/blogs/news/are-radar-detectors-legal-through-europe-and-the-uk?srsltid=AfmBOoqAvK3CpTLKNQO3rCcwwxwR-ig-lQPJLFu1SGufXqw5KtLuk6ga

Wondering where exactly you’re allowed to purchase and use a radar detector in Europe? Here’s a guide to radar detector laws by country to help determine where in Europe and the UK drivers are allowed to both purchase and legally use a radar detector.

Where Are Radar Detectors Legal To Use In Europe?

Unfortunately for drivers, not all of the above-mentioned countries also allow for drivers to use the radar detectors they purchased. The following countries allow drivers to legally use radar detectors while on the road:

• Austria
• Bulgaria
• Czech Republic
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Lithuania
• United Kingdom

So, an absolute accident then? You didn't buy a device to detect speed cameras so you could deliberately speed? That's the difference. Nobody is saying they are perfect drivers, simply that we are not arrogant enough to try to avoid the law.

Google maps is not radar detection equipment though. Radar and laser detectors are illegal, or rather the use of them is.

As I said above, the location of all speed traps is published by the highways authority / ministry of transport which is where Google maps / Waze etc get their information from. There are also usually big signs warning that speed cameras are in use, and they even paint the cameras yellow to make them obvious. They can't really do more than that. When you try and make something idiot proof, someone comes up with a better idiot as the OP has discovered.

I'm also adding my name to the "don't fucking speed" list here.

And, why are you looking for it for him? Is he just not bothered about fines and law breaking? Does that have any overspill in the other aspects of his life?

Waze - tells you when you are speeding and what the current speed limit is as well as warning you about speed cameras

I thought this too.

Specifically for the mobile speed camera vans not the fixed cameras.

Previous poster was correct, the sat navy on the car isn't an accurate representation of the speed you are actually doing, sometimes it picks up a side road. I had a friend, she had lived in the same town for 30 years,there was a speed camera on the main road, 30mph built up area, she got done twice there, she also kept a boat on the Thames,near the village she grew up in,where her mother and sister still lived, she visited regularly and STILL got done for speeding there. She was furious got away with the speed awareness course!

There are/were at least 3 different kinds:

Detectors - triggered by a speed camera pointing a laser/signal etc at you, and warning that it has been detected
(These passive detectors were not illegal at first, and I understand legislation came in to prevent them - their only purpose being to warn about when you are about to be caught)

Jammers - a detector that emits its own laser /signal to scramble / confuse the speed camera
(These instantly broke existing legislation when being used as the user was interfering with police systems)

The third is a mapping system, using the open source data provided by the police, councils etc
These are permitted on the basis that they alert you about danger spots, on the basis that they do not map purely where fixed cameras are but also where approved mobile locations are
Both are placed against criteria such as accident rates and fatalities
Originaly this was a data set preloaded with the option to subscribe to monthly updates via your computer - so didn’t cover the latest spots
Now (most) satnavs connect to the internet or via a phone to keep up to date, and can facilitate additional reports such as roadworks, average speed, accidents, pot holes etc

They don’t take into account traffic police cars travelling - which is the way to catch those who use a satnav to avoid being caught by fixed/mobile spots - though those who regularly speed to slow at cameras begin to get in habit of ignoring the mobile spot locations and eventually speed through or slam their brakes the day that a mobile camera is there

Use the Waze app.

HappiestSleeping · Today 08:50

Radar and laser detectors are illegal, or rather the use of them is.

Please see posts by:

Coconutter24 · Today 08:19 SinnerBoy · Today 08:25

To se that your information is not correct.

They are illegal. Always have been. Although there is some strange part of law that means you can own one, but not use it

Which idiot told you that? Radar/laser detectors are completely legal to use in the UK. Jammers are illegal and will likely earn you a custodial sentence for PCOJ if caught.

As for the OP, Waze is my currently preferred method but observation is the key. Get to know the local locations where traps are commonly sited along with knowing what makes up you local force’s unmarked fleet. A lot of people also rate Road Angel so that’s worth looking into.

OP, don't forget, many cars have dashcams nowadays and the Police actively encourage evidence of dangerous driving to be sent in to them.

So he might be able to slow down for a speed camera but if he's generally driving like a knob it's only a matter of time before he either kills someone or gets nicked this way instead.

I'll get off my soapbox now.