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Topic: london Borough speed lmit lowering |
GerryC
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Views: 3515
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Forum: Non-Technical Speed Camera Discussions Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 12:14 pm Subject: london Borough speed lmit lowering |
Hi magentius. Welcome to the forum.
This sort of plan is happening across the country. Birmingham is planning a "pilot" scheme that covers most roads throughout the city with the exception of main ... |
Topic: Trial to test use of satnav as part of driving test |
GerryC
Replies: 15
Views: 8953
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 11:59 am Subject: Trial to test use of satnav as part of driving test |
Without knowing exactly what the rules are with this, I can only hope it's more "follow the sat-navs suggestions" than "blindly do whatever it tell you".
I'd hope the suggested route would include ... |
Topic: Icon size |
GerryC
Replies: 5
Views: 4258
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:17 pm Subject: Icon size |
In that case, try the original icons you downloaded but use the square redlight one at the bottom that's marked for Garmin units. As newer TomTom satnavs couldn't use third party POIs (and I still use ... |
Topic: Icon size |
GerryC
Replies: 5
Views: 4258
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:18 am Subject: Icon size |
It's so long ago that I did those icons that I had to have a look to see what was still shown.
The ones to use for later Navcores is the set marked v8.3. This has a 24x24px redlight icon with a red ... |
Topic: Does anyone know of a dash cam that is actually a dash cam? |
GerryC
Replies: 22
Views: 9189
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Forum: Garmin Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:24 pm Subject: Does anyone know of a dash cam that is actually a dash cam? |
Any dash cams I've seen are designed to fix to the windscreen behind the rear view mirror as you mentioned. The wire should be long enough to route down one of the 'A' pillars and under the bottom of ... |
Topic: New VECTOR average speed cameras |
GerryC
Replies: 2
Views: 3564
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 4:01 pm Subject: New VECTOR average speed cameras |
If they are being used the same as Specs average speed cameras, they should go in the specs category. If they are standalone speed cameras, they go in the gatso category.
There has been talk over t ... |
Topic: SatNav Blamed for Car Getting Trapped |
GerryC
Replies: 15
Views: 9868
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:23 pm Subject: SatNav Blamed for Car Getting Trapped |
Looking along the route on streetview, most no entry signs can't be seen until you are next to them or pointing in the wrong direction. Also, I would have thought having 'ahead only' green lights and ... |
Topic: GO300 case |
GerryC
Replies: 10
Views: 4501
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:52 pm Subject: GO300 case |
At Halfords there's a few cases made by Sendai. I can't remember which size fitted but one managed the TomTom and windscreen mount. I went in and tried them out and bought the best fit. They are fairl ... |
Topic: Gibraltar To Introduce Speed Cameras |
GerryC
Replies: 6
Views: 6414
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Forum: Non-Technical Speed Camera Discussions Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 2:35 pm Subject: Gibraltar To Introduce Speed Cameras |
According to [url=http://www.yourgibraltartv.com/ygtv-news/written-news/crime-policing/5281-oct-15-rgp-accident-witness-appeal]an example local report at time, her son was the one speeding on his bike ... |
Topic: Managed Motorways catch thousands of speeders |
GerryC
Replies: 34
Views: 22837
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:29 pm Subject: Managed Motorways catch thousands of speeders |
In a vague attempt to return to the subject, when the variable limits were first put in on the M42 it did give the impression that it was based on current traffic. Everyone knew that if everyone staye ... |
Topic: Speed camera's Spain |
GerryC
Replies: 3
Views: 3076
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Forum: News And Latest Information Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 4:18 pm Subject: Speed camera's Spain |
Speed camera detectors are totally banned – if a car's sat-nav has the facility it must be 'disabled'.
"Detectors" are also banned here and many other countries. That article says nothing about GPS l ... |
Topic: Mac Users - Only Getting 'licenses.txt' When Downloading? |
GerryC
Replies: 7
Views: 34744
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Forum: PocketGPSWorld Speed Camera Database Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 6:08 pm Subject: Mac Users - Only Getting 'licenses.txt' When Downloading? |
The camera download page is [url=http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Cameras]here. Once you have selected the options and clicked the download button, you get another screen that has the fi ... |
Topic: how to download the initial free update database |
GerryC
Replies: 7
Views: 4791
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Forum: TomTom Portable Navigation Devices Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 2:09 pm Subject: how to download the initial free update database |
The cameralert app does it all for you. There's no need to connect to or download anything on your PC at all and it has nothing to do with TomTom's file format.
The Android manual is [url=http://ww ... |
Topic: Navigation Only When Traffic is Heavy? |
GerryC
Replies: 2
Views: 3457
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Forum: Beginners GPS Lounge Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 10:56 am Subject: Navigation Only When Traffic is Heavy? |
I do calls to the same places most of the time and know where I'm going. I tend to leave the satnav telling me where it thinks I want to turn and am quite used to tuning it out when I don't want to li ... |
Topic: 40 Volunteers Man Local Speed Cameras |
GerryC
Replies: 10
Views: 7788
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Forum: Non-Technical Speed Camera Discussions Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 2:25 pm Subject: 40 Volunteers Man Local Speed Cameras |
For once, this does look like a reasonable alternative route between Bedford and Letchworth / Stevenage so they could catch more non-locals that other speedwatch vigilantes seem to target.
From the ... |
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