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best speed camera detector?

col81
col81 Posts: 338 Forumite
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After being done twice in 6 months i am after a speed camera detector. What is the best option a app or to buy a snooper etc? any advice?
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  • Grumpy_chap
    Grumpy_chap Posts: 18,734 Forumite
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    Aren't they all illegal?
  • droopsnoot
    droopsnoot Posts: 1,892 Forumite
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    Aren't they all illegal?
    No, I don't think any of them are illegal. Jammers and the like used to be, but I don't think detectors are.
  • col81
    col81 Posts: 338 Forumite
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    yes when you do 30000 miles a year it is easy to get caught. Any advice on what to buy? 
  • col81 said:
    yes when you do 30000 miles a year it is easy to get caught. Any advice on what to buy? 
    I used to do about that a year, use Waze as an app. Will warn you quite well. I have never had a speeding conviction, look for the signs on the road, they tell you the limit - and stick to them!!!
    If the world is a stage... I want better lighting!
  • col81 said:
    yes when you do 30000 miles a year it is easy to get caught. Any advice on what to buy? 
    Thats a bit like saying if you burgle 30,000 homes a year statistically you'll get caught.

    Stop committing crime and there's no risk of being caught.

    Simples.
  • Be simpler to get a car with cruise control/speed limiter and set it to the speed limit for each road then you don't get caught
  • JamoLew
    JamoLew Posts: 1,800 Forumite
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    col81 said:
    After being done twice in 6 months i am after a speed camera detector. What is the best option a app or to buy a snooper etc? any advice?
    best detector and avoidance system is:
    Eyes
    Brain
    Right foot/Left foot
  • Takmon
    Takmon Posts: 1,738 Forumite
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    col81 said:
    After being done twice in 6 months i am after a speed camera detector. What is the best option a app or to buy a snooper etc? any advice?
    A detector that actually detects the laser from a speed camera/gun will be basically useless because by the time the laser is on your car they are already measuring your speed so it's too late to slow down.
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