OllyK

Interesting blog article here about a new mechanism for notifying drivers of mobile cameras.

SwissTony

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An interesting read

Where can I buy one

cossie-nutter

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I am liking that idea!

jacrobat

The subtext of most of the arguments against in the article is 'But if people use them we will get less money in fines boo..hoo'

Butty

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This is simply a real time warning of speed camera positions - just a quicker update compared with my weekly update from Pocket GPS.
The flaw is with this system is that the righteous upholders of the law will buy a load of these devices and drive around whilst constantly pressing the warning button, to make the system useless.

nick

OllyK

I suspect, due to the success of this in other countries, that there are safeguards in place to stop this happening.

Wurzel

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Nice idea but a bit pricey on the old subscription!!!

Mini Coyote - Powered By Novus Systems - Real Time GPS Speed Camera Alert System - Novus Coyote

pwhittle

but GPS only tells you where they may be, not where they are
big difference

Leslie

They really take it to heart if you advertise the presence of a speedcam. They have always felt that way, don't like losing out on the fines bit.

Les

PaulC72

f people drove more sensibly and didn't speed then these devices would be obsolete agruement closed

Butty

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I'm not knocking the units as I'd have one. Its how the authorities may clamp down on a real time system when they allow systems that rely on slightly older camera data, but are essentially doing the same job.

paulc72 - a vain attempt at trolling.
If you can drive around attentively without looking at the speedo in cities then you're a saintly driver.

Nick

speedking

camera vans are only used in areas that present a danger to motorists. how can warning other motorists of potential danger be illegal?

But I can imagine do-gooders 'notifying' every time they enter a 30mph zone so the system would be very unreliable. In fact that is a good reason for the authorities to endorse and promote it. While it remains a bit edgy and underground it would actually be more useful

Boro

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I had a similar idea to this about 12 months ago using mobile phones and texts. I hadnt really thought it through properly, maybe i should have and tweaked my idea a bit. Might have come up with something like this. Gutted.

I dont think do-gooders will invest in something like this just to create false positives and tbh, i dont think the general motoring public will either.

It relies too much on other road users to be effective IMO.

judgejules

lol, thats a joke right?

Boro

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Obviously!

PaulC72

In your opinion Nick.

It was a factual statement

It isn't that easy to stick to speed limits after all pushing the right foot down does take a hell of a lot of concentration, occasional glances at the speedo is an easy thing to do when driving.

If you cannot control your speed in a city or even anywhere else when driving then really I doubt you should be driving at all, it isn't that hard if you want to that is.

Nate

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Not sure of the Novus Alpha, but found one on Fleabay, and didn't think the sub was as bad as the link above on post #7

Ebay