best speed camera detector?

JustAnotherSaver

Throughout life you always seem to get told that nobody is perfect.

Yet jump on MSE and you see numerous people portray themselves as such on a daily basis.

All this preaching about don't break the law as though none of you have ever gone over the limit before. I call bulls poop on anyone who tries to claim they simply do not speed at all. Each and every one of us have done it so don't act holier than thou.

JustAnotherSaver

DUTR said:

My own unscientific evaluation are that some cars feel quick

Agreed.

I have had a MK4 Astra 1.8 and my wife has had a MK5 Astra 1.6. I'll sit at about 70-80 on the motorway but if i put my foot down then i know about it. You can hear it for a start off (and i've actually removed the stainless exhaust and K&N filter that i had and everything is totally standard so it's not like there's anything on it that shouldn't be that is contributing to the noise). My wifes car on the other hand, many a time i've looked down and been like oh crap i'm doing 100, yet it feels like i'm only doing 80. Car is much quieter and actually smoother to drive. So i have to then ease off.

And for the uppity lot, yep i said 80. That's 10 over, i know. Shoot me.

AdrianC

JustAnotherSaver said:

Throughout life you always seem to get told that nobody is perfect.

Yet jump on MSE and you see numerous people portray themselves as such on a daily basis.

All this preaching about don't break the law as though none of you have ever gone over the limit before. I call bulls poop on anyone who tries to claim they simply do not speed at all. Each and every one of us have done it so don't act holier than thou.

I break the speed limit regularly.
Mostly, it's a perfectly deliberate act, a decision taken in full awareness of the situation and risks around me.
Sometimes, it's simply down to my brain being in neutral, and driving on mental autopilot.

Three guesses which of those a camera detector helps with...

Barny1979

JustAnotherSaver said:

Throughout life you always seem to get told that nobody is perfect.

Yet jump on MSE and you see numerous people portray themselves as such on a daily basis.

All this preaching about don't break the law as though none of you have ever gone over the limit before. I call bulls poop on anyone who tries to claim they simply do not speed at all. Each and every one of us have done it so don't act holier than thou.

Yes, but the majority don't come on here and bleat about it and ask how we can circumvent the law.

facade

JustAnotherSaver said:

Throughout life you always seem to get told that nobody is perfect.

Yet jump on MSE and you see numerous people portray themselves as such on a daily basis.

All this preaching about don't break the law as though none of you have ever gone over the limit before. I call bulls poop on anyone who tries to claim they simply do not speed at all. Each and every one of us have done it so don't act holier than thou.

As I always say,

If you want to throw stones, first make sure you aren't standing in a greenhouse

To answer the OP, pocketgpsworld maintain one of the better speed camera databases, and depending on your satnav you download a POI file and set it up to give proximity alarms as well as showing the locations on screen.

However, they have quite an expensive 12 month subscription now. In The Olden Days they would sell you a month, which was enough to get 2 upto date downloads. I suppose they realised that most people (like me) would only sign up for a month per year as the locations don't change that much.

eamon

I wonder if the OP is mixing up fixed location cameras and mobile cameras? Sat Navs will as already stated know about fixed locations so turn that feature on. I don't know about mobile cameras except that some local papers will print their locations for the following week(s) but that is of little help if driving out of your locality. The only thing to do there imho is to be vigilant and heed the road signs etc.

lordmountararat

There is a long country road near where I live with a totally bizarre 30 mph limit. The only way to keep down to that speed for me is to set the cruise control. I still get overtaken by boy racers who ignore the limit and seem to get away with it, but there you go.

MinuteNoodles

col81 said:

yes when you do 30000 miles a year it is easy to get caught. Any advice on what to buy? 

I do 100,000 miles or more a year driving all over the UK, have done for nearly quarter of a century. I've only ever got caught twice, once when I was age 18 and the last time in 2007.

bigadaj

JustAnotherSaver said:

Throughout life you always seem to get told that nobody is perfect.

Yet jump on MSE and you see numerous people portray themselves as such on a daily basis.

All this preaching about don't break the law as though none of you have ever gone over the limit before. I call bulls poop on anyone who tries to claim they simply do not speed at all. Each and every one of us have done it so don't act holier than thou.

Big difference between never speeding and never getting caught, I rarely speed but can't say I never do but have never been caught in over 30 years. The lack of observation is just as concerning as the speeding, and probably more critical in accident prevention. 

Alanp

I had a speed detector...perfect if the vans were located behind supermarket automatic doors it went crazy, but not a peep if you went by a camera van
save your money and drive more carefully