Are these any good?
novusgps.com/
Aldi have them at £60 with 3 year warranty and lifetime free updates.
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No speed camera detectors are good in my book.
1. The only reason drivers need to know where the cameras are is if they want to commit an offence i.e. speeding.
2. Even if people are determined to speed, they shouldn't need a warning where the cameras are anyway. If they're fit to drive / ride and paying enough attention to their driving, the cameras are always visible, as are all the hazards that are the reason for the speed limit. If they miss the speed limit, are they going to miss the child crossing the road in a bad place ?
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My intention really wasn't to start a thread on speed cameras - there's another place for that which I'm sure the omnipresent DD will confirm very shortly :)
However, there is another group of people who may speed inadvertently for example because signage isn't clear or they're distracted momentarily by something else. This device apparently also alerts drivers to the correct speed limit and if in so doing it allows them to adjust their speed isn't that better than them continuing to drive at the wrong speed for mile after mile and possibly having an accident? The vast majority of roads have no cameras on them and statistically they're very unlikely to get caught no matter how fast they're driving.
So back to the original question please, does this device do what it says on the tin?
Edited by Mazda-Man on 29/02/2008 at 14:19
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Isn't this a common feature on full sat nav systems that don't cost much more these days?
Although I suppose mine does occasionally highlight cameras which blatantly aren't there.
Or are they? heh.
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Apparently so but this device has the added benefit of not directing you down a dirt track into a river or over a cliff from time to time :)
Thanks DD BTW
Edited by Mazda-Man on 29/02/2008 at 14:48
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Heh a good point well made. I only use mine as an advisory tool... On the first day of ownership it directed me through Beech Hill cemetery in Wigan on a Sunday... I decided not to follow its advice that time. Quite handy when there's an unexpected road block though. (in my case several teenagers quickly exiting a stolen Ford Focus followed by several police cars).
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1. The only reason drivers need to know where the cameras are is if they want to commit an offence i.e. speeding.
We're forever being told that cameras are only sited in accident blackspots. Therefore having a device that notifies you beforehand that you're approaching an accident blackspot is a goog thing in my book.
So back to the original question please,
Quite.
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 29/02/2008 at 14:20
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Age clearly hasn't diminished your reactions DD ;)
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Mazda-Man, while waiting for other replies to be posted, if you forum search "Talex" (without the quotes) you'll see some past discussions on it.
For reference, Talex were acquired by Novus Systems.
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Been trying the unit out and it's really very simply to install and use. I hadn't realised but it warns of possible mobile camera sites too which is a handy feature. I guess these locations tend to be known (even if they're active only periodically) because there are only certain locations in a given area which are suitable for a mobile unit. Co-incidentally, I came across a mobile camera site locally about 10 days ago and the unit flagged it up no problem a few days later when I first tried it.
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"If they're fit to drive/ride and paying enough attention to their driving, the cameras are always visible, as are all the hazards that are the reason for the speed limit. If they miss the speed limit, are they going to miss the child crossing the road in a bad place?"
You're right. I am as perfect as you describe, 100% of the time, and therefore don't even need a speedometer in my car. I've just gone out and stuck black tape over it.
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