radar detectors. some advice please.

[Anonymous]

hi, coming home from work this morning, sheer tiredness, (13 twelve hour shifts in 18 days) almost caused me to go past a temp gatso on motorway roadworks above the temp limit even though i knew it was there. im now thinking on a radar detector as i wish to keep a clean licence! are they legal? ebay has loads, is it worth buying a cheapo older one, or would that just be a wste of money? i take it gatsos give out some sort of radar signal? any advice would be welcome. thanks

[ninjinski]

http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/


I use this - cheap as chips but way way better than the non-gps I used to have!



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[darrenjuggins]

Hi Nelix,

There are plenty of options for you and the prices are dropping all the time.

There are mainly 2 types

Radar
GPS
GPS with Radar as well

In addition, if you have a modern Sat Nav System, such as Tom Tom, then you can't go far wrong with the Download for £19 from Pocket GPS World.

I've never really got on with the Radar element of detectors, they can be far to sensative or useless, not much inbetween.

I personally used the Morpheous Geodesy, which has worked great, but now I've got my Tom Tom, it's become redundent.

Most Purpose Built GPS Detectors attract a yearly subscription fee, ranging from £20 upto £50.

Basically you will pay anything from £100 upto £500 for the Road Angel / Navigation unit. you pay your money you take your choice.

Personally if you are investing I would either wait for the new Tom Tom Range to come out and subscribe to Pocket GPS world for £20, or else bag a bargin Tom Tom now for about £200 - £300 and get a cracking sat nav as well as a way of spotting the camera.... or else finally purchase my Geodesy and Radar Detector all in one with current subscription ! (see FS).

Hope this all helps.

Cheers

Darren J

[Anonymous]

the dreaded m8 roadworks i take it  s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:

[kanujunkie]

Road angel and origin B2 for sale, both with laser detectors

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[Anonymous]

Just a heads up, there is a Bill before Parliament to ban radar and laser detectors and laser jammers  s:roll: :roll: s:roll: . This will not affect GPS devices.

You can see the bill at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/113/06113.19-22.html#j8001

Origin B2's laser detector can be easily removed to stay legal when the Bill becomes law. I don't know what the situation is with the New Road Angel with integrated laser detector. Maybe they will have a dispensation to deactivate them   s:?: :?: s:?:

The explanatory notes states:

64.     A person who breaches a speed assessment equipment detection device requirement shall be guilty of an offence and liable to the same penalty as if they had been convicted of exceeding a prescribed speed limit, which means that the financial penalties will be higher if the offence is committed on a special road.

[Anonymous]

It will take ages to come in though!

[markiii]

you could just by my origin b2 and get teh best of both worlds  :-) :-) :-)