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In Car Witness Cameras or Vehicle Black boxes. Can they make a difference to your insurance
It appears that insurance companies are now allowing customers who have in-vehicle witness cameras the advantage of a discount on their insurance premium. Insurance companies such as Towergate Risk Solutions are now offering witness cameras as standard to some of their customers.
Also know as video black boxes, these systems record Video, Audio, GPS Position along with speed and G-force and they offer vital evidence in the event of an incident.
One Taxi company saved over £500 per vehicle after having in vehicle cameras fitted.
We have tested a few cameras and still find the best camera for price and video quality is the Blackvue DR400G, it offers full 1080p HD video is a small compact design.
Turn it off to stop false alarms
Some manufacturers just make you laugh with what little they know
Talex have launched yet another product, this time its a Radar Detector. Nothing funny about that I here you say.
Well I noticed while reading is sales pitch that this new Radar Detector has "improved false alert suppression.
So I had to read on... They then continued by saying the following
Any Radar Detector will receive "false" alerts in built up areas. Technically they are not actually false alerts because the detector is picking up the correct signals, but from the wrong devices (i.e. not speed traps).
However, with the "mute" button, easy-access volume controls and the round centre on/off button, you can just set your detector to be on when you really need it (on motorways or country roads, for example) – where false alerts do not typically exist – rather than when you are stuck in a traffic jam in the centre of town"
So there you go, some top advice, if you don't want false alerts then turn your detector off, an bloody well hope there is not a speed trap round the corner.
Speed camera alerts in France
All systems now illegal whether radar detector or satnav/gps
While radar speed camera detectors may still be legal at home – the 2006 Road Safety Act did include enabling provisions allowing the Secretary of State to make regulations to prohibit them but this hasn't been done yet – the position is different abroad where many countries have laws in place banning the carrying or use of these devices.
For some years now it is has been strictly forbidden under article R413-15 of the French 'Code de la Route'(highway code) to have a speed camera detector in a car in France, regardless of whether or not it is being used.
Penalties can include fines of up to €1,500, confiscation of the device and of the vehicle.
Until recently this legislation didn't apply to satellite navigation or other GPS-based systems capable of displaying fixed speed camera locations as points of interest (PoI).
New law in France
Effective from 3 January 2012 French laws prohibiting drivers from carrying devices capable of detecting speed cameras have been extended to include devices able to warn or inform of the location of speed cameras e.g. satnav or gps systems capable of showing speed camera sites as PoI.
As well as now banning all devices capable of warning drivers of speed camera locations, the French government is installing around 400 new fixed speed cameras and is taking down road signs indicating the location of existing fixed speed camera sites.
What should you do
If you have a satnav capable of displaying French camera locations in France then you must at least disable camera alerts before driving in France. We recommend that you contact the manufacturer of the satnav for advice as it is likely that a software or database update is available that will actually remove camera data for France from the device.
If you have a satnav system built into your car then we recommend contacting the vehicle manufacturer in the first instance.
115 mph in a Fiat Punto? You're having a laugh
A man accused by police of driving at 115 mph in a Fiat Punto thought the accusation so ridiculous he enlisted an expert driver to help prove his new car was incapable of going that fast.
Law student Steve Lucas, who risked a large fine and losing his driving licence if convicted of being so far over the 70 mph limit, said his small Fiat hatchback was just too slow to have reached such a speed, newspapers reported on Saturday.
"I was happy to put my hands up and admit that I was driving at 85 mph but the idea that my little Fiat Punto 1.2 litre could manage 115 mph was laughable," he was quoted as saying.
Lucas spent 18 months fighting the charges, hiring a traffic consultant to test drive his Punto on a private racecourse. He found the best the car could manage, going downhill with a following wind, was 104 mph.
Police were finally forced to drop the speeding charges, although Lucas was fined £40 for driving without due care and attention.
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Back in 1996, video cameras were a little bit ropey.
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In short don't blame me if one day you get nicked for speeding.......
The police have plenty of other ways to get you...
What are they doing now.
The speed camera detector business is still as active as ever so what is going on in the UK industry now.
Road Angel - They have been one of the pioneers in the industry in getting GPS Speed Camera warning systems recognised by the motoring public and most likely have sold the largest amount of systems to date, now only have one product the newly launched Road Angel Gem. The Road Angel Gem is a connected device and therefor needs no updating by the user its fully automatic through the mobile phone network. The Road Angel Gem was supposed to be launched last year however is was several months late, It has a subscription of £65 per year for the live service.
POGO, formal Origin, POGO has remained the unit for connoisseurs, they have had several products and the most notable two units are the Origin B2 and the new Pogo Alert Plus, my weapon of choice, The POGO Alert Plus is a small highly specified GPS based unit supported by one of the best camera databases on the market. The POGO Alert Plus is a highly recommended product, it does have a £50 per year subscription for the camera data but it is worth it.
Snooper continue to plod along with a mixed range of products, none of which are very inspiring in the market, the camera database is often reported to be out of date. Products like the 3 Zero a combined GPS, Radar and laser detector remain popular but the radar detection side is poor and suffers from false alarms
Cyclops have now moved into just selling phone apps and camera databases to customers such as Garmin, Navtec and Telemap that use the camera data data on their devices. The quality of the camera database very good
Morphious became Roadpilot.
Roadpilot have moved away from devices and moved into mobile apps and suppling camera data to other companies that need it. It was a shame to see their Road Pilot device go as it was another unit for the connoisseurs
Embedded Technology went bust and were bought by Adam Blair who formed Talex .
Talex continue to sell several devices from GPS warning systems to Radar detectors. It appears they have had a few run ins with trading standards and there are websites detailing poor service. Talex charge for its database.
Novus Systems went bust and were bought up by another company, Daltec, and they formed Novus Automotive.
Novus Automotive continue to sell speed camera detectors although, they have now stopped production of the best selling and award winning Novus GPS Rider and replaced it with a shared product from Wikango in France. It offers similar features to the old rider along with an European database. The UK database is free to update but has suffered from a lack of updates and appears to muss cameras.
Coyote tried to sell a product in the UK though Novus Systems and then Cobra, it failed to take off. It was the first proper self updating units and should have done well, but it was expensive and not very good looking.
Stinger, they continue to sell in the UK although very small amounts due to the high price and the fact that the UK market is better served by a GPS unit rather than a radar detector
Laser Jammer Testing with Sheffield Traffic Police
Some old 2006 fottage of a laser test done with Sheffield police
New Blinder Jammer
Blinder in Denmark have just announced a brand new laser jammer called the Blinder Compact HP 905
Has it got what it takes?
The NEW Blinder Compact HP 905 has clearly set new standards in features and size. The all new transponders are now some of the smallest on the market and use up rated laser diodes.
We gave the new blinder Compact a shakedown and you can read the review here.
Beltronics STiR Plus Euro Custom Install and Review.
We have just finished doing a custom install of the Beltronics STiR. The Beltronics STiR is a stealth install GPS, Radar Detection system making it ideal for installs where you don't want anything on the windscreen of you travel through countries where these devices are banned.
We now have a Specialist Installers that will come to you. They are top marque trained, experts in their field and they carry full insurance.
They will discuss your requirements and then come to you on a prearranged date.
All work is fully guaranteed.
Not all cars are the same so our price is £POA
If your looking for a total install package then we can help, contact 07717 857202 for more information.
Ireland's Garda go into overtime with 45 new speed camera vans
The Irish GoSafe consortium includes Spectra, French firm Egis and Australian company Redflex. Spectra is owned by millionaire and hotel owner Xavier McCauliffe a well known Fianna Fail supporter. GoSafe is also the name used by the the mobile speed camera vans in Wales – but there is no connection between the two.
They will operate just 45 vans with cameras that will cover the 600 or so locations. They are contracted to provide monitoring cover for 6000 hours a month – which works out at just 4.5 hours per van per day.
So – when the Gardai tell us that the cameras will be operating 24 hours a day 7 days a week – what they really mean is that at least one camera may be operating in he country at any given time – but not all of them .
The GoSafe 5 year contract is costing the State €65 million which works out at about€180 per hour of monitoring .
With a speeding fine costing €80 – if the the vans catch 162,500 speeders a year – the state will recoup the cost of the private contract. That works out at just 10 speeding fines per van per day.
Of course – the main aim is to reduce car speeds and hopefully reduce deaths and injuries – which if it works is worth the money.
The locations of the camera vans should be available on Garda.ie
420 MPH in a Taxi
A cab driver has been accused of speeding in his Vauxhall Cavalier - at 420mph!
Tom Matthews was snapped in his 12-year-old diesel car in a 30mph zone. He received notice of a £60 fine and three penalty points - and then he saw the recorded speed was 420mph.
"I drive an old Cavalier, not a jumbo jet," Tom, 34, told The Sun. "According to this I've broken the land speed record."
Tom was clocked as he drove a woman home in Newport, Gwent, at 2.20am.
Mid and South Wales Safety Camera Partnership apologised and blamed "an employee processing error".
Tom says he will fight the penalty notice if he has to.
"There has been a printing error. If they insist I was going that fast I should be a Grand Prix driver - I'm wasted in taxis," he said.
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