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Helluvaname Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject: European POI for speed cameras/traps? |
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I'n new to this so please s p e a k s l o w l y !
I have the quest 2 that comes with speed camera and overspeed alerts for the UK.
However will be touring France in July and would like to know if there is a way to add French speed cameras (and if possible Gendarme favourite places!) to the Quest 2?
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missing_user
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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The Caravan Club article warns whether devices are on or not, if you are caught you face a fine of £1500, the device confiscated and your car impounded and the possibilty of a court apperarance!
Is it worth it?? |
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skellum Lifetime Member
Joined: Oct 26, 2005 Posts: 28
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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strumble wrote: | The Caravan Club article warns whether devices are on or not, if you are caught you face a fine of £1500, the device confiscated and your car impounded and the possibilty of a court apperarance!
Is it worth it?? |
I realised this was the case for Radar detectors as they are illegal in France - but is it the same for legal GPS units that have POI's that include fixed speed traps?? How would they know anyway? |
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elsinga Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 8:10 am Post subject: |
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On my www.elsinga.net/links page you will find lots of links to POI's, among others a french site which has radar traps in France you can download ("telecharger").
B sure to upload both the UK and french POI's in one session. ;) _________________ Robert Elsinga =8- )
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Helluvaname Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your reply Robert,
I had a look at your site (great site BTW, thanks) however I can only see a link to alertgps.com that seems to be only mobile radar trap sites in France, and doesn't include fixed gatso's?
That download also doesn't mention Quest 2 - are the POI files for Quest compatable with Quest 2?
I did find a zip file in your downloads section called Radar2004-05-01 that includes France, but I'm guessing that this is nearly 2 1/2 years old now - do you know of any updates?
Also I note your advice to upload UK POI's at the same time. I assume this is because any new POI upload erases any existing ones? If so, is there a way to find out, or even extract and re-upload, the existing POI's that come installed on the Quest 2? (sorry if this is basic stuff but I'm new to this!).
Many thanks for your help, Ian |
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elsinga Regular Visitor
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 9:01 am Post subject: |
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The french site has all types of radartraps AFAIK. And they work for the Quest 2 also.
The file on my site is indeed quite old, www.radarfalle.de has an up to date file (but it is (c), so I can't publish it).
And yes, all POI's are removed with any new upload. _________________ Robert Elsinga =8- )
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Helluvaname Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again Robert, will check the other site out |
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factoryman Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: French speed cameras |
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just to put your mind at rest, i have toured France and spain twice this year and saw approx 3 (yes three!) speed cameras and only 1 radar trap, all of which were well advertised and blatantly obvious. Do the clever thing and watch your speed coming into or leaving towns/villages and you should nt have a problem! |
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