Best Speed Camera Warning Device ?

[markjay]

Hi

I purchased some plates from www.camerashyplates.com and they actually work. Worth the money.

Regards

Luke

How did you test them..........??

 

[Dippo]

Hi

I purchased some plates from www.camerashyplates.com and they actually work. Worth the money.

Regards

Luke

Joined today, three posts, all plugging the same web site? What's suspicious about that?

 

[vijilants]

You can try Cyclops.....works on the mobile phone. Subscription is very cheap.

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

I have an Irene MK1. Warns of all sorts of things. Low purchase cost but running costs are high.
AKA...... Mrs W

 

[E55BOF]

The TomTom app warns you of average speed cameras and it tells you what your average speed is.

Have you seen the camera's now mounted to the side of the motorway overhead gantries? I think these are average speed camera's too and they are well hidden as you approach them.

If you are referring to the camera installations mounted as a pair of boxes, usually painted yellow, on an arm pointing away from the motorway, I rather think those are HADECS cameras, and they are not average, but spot, speed detectors.

There are numerous such installations on the M1 and M6, and a high percentage of them do not have associated road markings. Does anyone know whether that means they are inactive, or do they not need road markings to detect speed?

While I'm on, the gantry-mounted average speed cameras in boxes behind the speed limit signs on at least the section of M25 between junctions 16 and 10 seem to have been removed, or at least I have not seen one flash for a couple of years now. There are now HADECS installations on this section, and I have seen several flash in that time.

 

[Crickleymal]

I read somewhere that Hadecs cameras were always active, so if there is no speed limit showing they'll get you at some speed over 70. However this doesn't seem to be deterring a (admittedly small) number of drivers on the M5 around the M42. Does anyone know if they're always active?

 

[clk320x]

I read somewhere that Hadecs cameras were always active, so if there is no speed limit showing they'll get you at some speed over 70. However this doesn't seem to be deterring a (admittedly small) number of drivers on the M5 around the M42. Does anyone know if they're always active?

It depends on the particular police force but normally they only enforce the variable speed limit

 

[Deleted96908]

We saw 2 flashes from pole mounted cameras on the M3 southbound just past the M25 around midnight last night (coming back from Gatwick). Not at us I might add, but it could easily have been as I had no idea they were there until after they'd gone off. Very bright too. Dangerous even.

 

[Alps]

I have had several road Angels over the years, the current one is the "Gem" and its a good little unit, It has a database that's updated over the air, and a laser sensor at the back.

If the laser sensor goes off , its usually too late if you are over the speed limit as they will have got you.

Mines hardwired into the car and I find it pretty good with all camera types including average speed cameras. It even works out the average speed you have been travelling in the camera zone and shows that on the screen as well as your current speed.

worth the money imo.

 

[BIRMA]

I have been an owner of quite a few Road Angels over the past 15+ years. It has saved me on countless occasions where this has been the typical scenario :- I'm late for a survey due to congestion in an area I've never been before and you turn a bend and there's a camera van.
The big but has raised itself just recently when the screen on my Gem+ died and so did the battery, as it was just over a year old I sent it back to Road Angel only to be told it would cost more to repair than it's worth. They did offer me a substantial discount on the new model coming out next year but I was less than pleased at what had happened, by all accounts a few people on Pistonheads have had the very same problem and have cast a very negative portrayal of the new owners of Road Angel.
I've decided not to buy the new one but will change my mind when I get my first NIP for speeding.

 

[clk320x]

I have been an owner of quite a few Road Angels over the past 15+ years. It has saved me on countless occasions where this has been the typical scenario :- I'm late for a survey due to congestion in an area I've never been before and you turn a bend and there's a camera van.
The big but has raised itself just recently when the screen on my Gem+ died and so did the battery, as it was just over a year old I sent it back to Road Angel only to be told it would cost more to repair than it's worth. They did offer me a substantial discount on the new model coming out next year but I was less than pleased at what had happened, by all accounts a few people on Pistonheads have had the very same problem and have cast a very negative portrayal of the new owners of Road Angel.
I've decided not to buy the new one but will change my mind when I get my first NIP for speeding.

How does it detect vans around bends?

 

[flowrider]

I have been an owner of quite a few Road Angels over the past 15+ years. It has saved me on countless occasions where this has been the typical scenario :- I'm late for a survey due to congestion in an area I've never been before and you turn a bend and there's a camera van.
The big but has raised itself just recently when the screen on my Gem+ died and so did the battery, as it was just over a year old I sent it back to Road Angel only to be told it would cost more to repair than it's worth. They did offer me a substantial discount on the new model coming out next year but I was less than pleased at what had happened, by all accounts a few people on Pistonheads have had the very same problem and have cast a very negative portrayal of the new owners of Road Angel.
I've decided not to buy the new one but will change my mind when I get my first NIP for speeding.

Just download a copy of TomTom Speed Cameras onto you phone, its free and works extremely well.

 

[BIRMA]

How does it detect vans around bends?

The later models have a phone sim, now of course someone has to establish the fact there is one there so when they do you press a button on the unit and it alerts all other users. It also warned you of past/likely or reported sites so I always proceeded with care when it went off, although there were a few situations where there were no vans it helped me to just check and adjust my speed.
I don't drive like a madman but would say that over the 15 years plus of Road Angel ownership it must have saved me on at least 30+ occasions.
I don't travel quite such long distances as I did a few years ago and I've got a TomTom 6100 with a speed camera subscription and have found that pretty good.
I understand the TomTom unit uses the Road Angel service for speed cameras, I did run the two side by side for a while and the Road Angel was a bit better at reporting sites than the TomTom.
It's a GPS unit and uses the database from Road Angel each report stays on your unit if you wish.

 

[MercedesDriver]

Hang an old CD on each top corner of the rear windscreen and you’ll be safe. CD’s will apparently disperse the laser beams from speed cameras. Little plush bunny hanged on the rear tow eye also helps, but I don’t know how.

 

[gramey]

Hang an old CD on each top corner of the rear windscreen and you’ll be safe. CD’s will apparently disperse the laser beams from speed cameras. Little plush bunny hanged on the rear tow eye also helps, but I don’t know how.

The use of hanging CD's is a complete urban myth and just spoils the look of your car, of course I can't possibly condone this but a friend of mine has 'garage door opener' fitted to his car which just so happens to scramble signals from laser speed detection devices. It defeated every type of laser gun pointed at it even if the laser was being pre fired as the car came into sight, triggers an audible warning in the car which gives you about 5 seconds to slow up before it deactivates switching itself off as you've inadvertently left it on. Now you do run the risk that if it's a police officer rather than a camera van they may choose to come after you when their laser throws an error code. This in itself isn't a problem but if they're particularly tenacious they may decide to visit your house to confirm that you actually have an electric garage door. In which case if you haven't it may be rather hard to explain why you have such a device in your vehicle to the magistrates.

 

[clk320x]

The use of hanging CD's is a complete urban myth and just spoils the look of your car, of course I can't possibly condone this but a friend of mine has 'garage door opener' fitted to his car which just so happens to scramble signals from laser speed detection devices. It defeated every type of laser gun pointed at it even if the laser was being pre fired as the car came into sight, triggers an audible warning in the car which gives you about 5 seconds to slow up before it deactivates switching itself off as you've inadvertently left it on. Now you do run the risk that if it's a police officer rather than a camera van they may choose to come after you when their laser throws an error code. This in itself isn't a problem but if they're particularly tenacious they may decide to visit your house to confirm that you actually have an electric garage door. In which case if you haven't it may be rather hard to explain why you have such a device in your vehicle to the magistrates.

Your friend... is his name Dave by any chance?

 

[Perusal]

It depends on the particular police force but normally they only enforce the variable speed limit

If you are referring to the camera installations mounted as a pair of boxes, usually painted yellow, on an arm pointing away from the motorway, I rather think those are HADECS cameras, and they are not average, but spot, speed detectors.

There are numerous such installations on the M1 and M6, and a high percentage of them do not have associated road markings. Does anyone know whether that means they are inactive, or do they not need road markings to detect speed?

While I'm on, the gantry-mounted average speed cameras in boxes behind the speed limit signs on at least the section of M25 between junctions 16 and 10 seem to have been removed, or at least I have not seen one flash for a couple of years now. There are now HADECS installations on this section, and I have seen several flash in that time.

I can confirm that they are always active, irrespective of whether the overhead signs are switched on or not, around the M4 / M5 interchange at Bristol. I know this because after 45 years of driving I got my first ever UK speeding ticket in May.

81mph at 0530 on an empty motorway in daylight! No variable speed limits in force other than the national motorway limit. In fact a crowd of us were heading for an early flight from Bristol that day and 3 out of 8 cars got tickets leading to a morning at “naughty boys school”

Personally I subscribe to the Pocket World GPS app on my iPhone not that it did me any good that day.....

 

[Perusal]

Just download a copy of TomTom Speed Cameras onto you phone, its free and works extremely well.

Having used both a TomTom stand-alone unit with speed cameras loaded alongside the Pocket GPS world app I can tell you that the TomTom database is next to useless. So far out of date, even when updated, I wouldn’t trust it for a moment.....and before you refer to my post above, it did tell me about the camera, I just didn’t think it would be on.

 

[clk320x]

I can confirm that they are always active, irrespective of whether the overhead signs are switched on or not, around the M4 / M5 interchange at Bristol. I know this because after 45 years of driving I got my first ever UK speeding ticket in May.

81mph at 0530 on an empty motorway in daylight! No variable speed limits in force other than the national motorway limit. In fact a crowd of us were heading for an early flight from Bristol that day and 3 out of 8 cars got tickets leading to a morning at “naughty boys school”

Personally I subscribe to the Pocket World GPS app on my iPhone not that it did me any good that day.....

heard some horror stories re:m4 aka my daily driver ffs.

 

[flowrider]

Having used both a TomTom stand-alone unit with speed cameras loaded alongside the Pocket GPS world app I can tell you that the TomTom database is next to useless. So far out of date, even when updated, I wouldn’t trust it for a moment.....and before you refer to my post above, it did tell me about the camera, I just didn’t think it would be on.

I guess experiences vary as i have used the TomTom app for over a year now with no missed cameras so far.