Can a TomTom do this?

GodPleaseLetitWork · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2005 Posts: 6

I wonder if anyone can help. I'm currently using a Sony Satnav for work. It's fine for what I need and has been reliable if a little slow and clunky. It replaced the new TomTom 700 (I think it was) that was stolen within a week!

My firm is now monitoring my van speed every 10 seconds. If at any time my speed goes more than 2 MPH above the speed limit, I get told off. Eventually this goes on the personnel file and is a good excuse for not giving a pay rise ' Sad

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I'm now having to drive around, constantly looking at the speedo which I think is dangerous - so, is there a TomTom unit that knows the speed limit of a particular road and will give me some kind of audible warning to stop me going over the speed limit?

I know the colour of the current MPH changes to red and all that but some kind of audio warning would be much better. Obviously speed camera warnings are no longer necessary. If TomTom doesn't do this, maybe you could suggest an alternative?

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JimmyTheHand · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 16, 2005 Posts: 386

My 720/550 both give an audio warning when over the speed limits (an option in menus) - however it kicks in at 3mph and can be a bit slow responding (such I have often overtaken and started dropping back down in speed before it gives warning) (I don't know if newer 1000 models faster at alarm)

What might be useful is they can display speed and limit so not needing to look down - something from Road Angel might be better (but not cheap)
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AliOnHols · Pocket GPS Verifier Joined: Oct 15, 2008 Posts: 1941

Be careful though, not all roads have a speed associated with them to enable the overspeed warnings to be triggered. I'm not sure about other brands/models but some of the older TT's (i.e. X20's & X30's) running with an old NavCore will allow 3rd party software to run on them. Rousillat on his www.webazar.org website offers a programme called TripMaster which allows you to set a speedlimit and alerts you with a visual and/or audible warning.
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nwatson · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2006 Posts: 13

OP please tell us who your dickensian employer is. Evil or Very Mad

GodPleaseLetitWork · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2005 Posts: 6

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:11 am Post subject:

The Nav units that contain the speed limit data are often out of date and give incorrect warnings/ no warning at all.

I would be tempted to get a GPS jammer to screw up whats fitted in your van, only plug it in once every few days, with no GPS signal your company won't have any data, better still they will probably think its faulty. When they get fed up with the cost of getting it "fixed" they will probably drop the spy in the cab would be more effective if a few of you all did the same thing.

Not legal by the way but I know what I would be doing faced with a spy in the cab ;) - Mike

Daggers · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:52 am Post subject:

If the digital mapping companies find it so hard to get speed limits correct on maps, what data source is this company using which is guaranteed to be so accurate?
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BigPerk · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:18 am Post subject:

But, what if GodPleaseLetitWork IS twigged by his employer doing something illegal in their van, and flouting their own regulations? Especially if they get suspicious of the number of detectors suddenly developing faults. He's likely to be given a set of spheres and pushed straight out the front door, never mind missing a pay rise! After all, people have had great trouble just having harmless items in the windscreen which "someone" considered offensive (either to them, or to some group they considered themselves to be an unofficial spokesperson for).

After all, in any case, it's the company that will receive the NIP in the first place. And 2mph over the actual 'GPS' reading is, of course, anything from 4-7mph over the speedo limit which he should be going by.

I would suggest GodPleaseLetitWork points out to his admin people that speed limit road signing is often very unreliable, and asks them if their speed limit info that they use for monitoring is available 'in the cab'. Also mikealder is right that speed limit data is not 100%, but providing someone is taking at least some care, the number of times that there is no road sign info AND the satnav speed is wrong should be rare. My Navigon, for instance, seems pretty reliable in this respect.

How does DennisN cope with speed limits, I wonder?
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Privateer · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:11 am Post subject: Re: Can a TomTom do this?

GodPleaseLetitWork · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2005 Posts: 6

This is all good stuff guys and you have a point. The GPS spy in the cab can only be as good as a good Satnav - and if they are not totally accurate as regards where the various speed limit boundaries are, why should the tracker?

In all fairness I'm not too bothered about adhering to the speed limit and I know there will be some people who maintain this can be done all of the time but it's harder than you think! The roads are getting busier and you have to be aware of stuff going on around all the time. Speedo watching doesn't help.

M8TJT · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:47 pm Post subject:

GodPleaseLetitWork · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2005 Posts: 6

M8TJT · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:47 pm Post subject:

alix776 · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject:

the connect has a very easy to read speedo maybe a lighter foot on the accelorater maybe called for even with the tdci its is still sluggish. I think what you need is somthing to display you gps speed on a device in a large format if you have a smartphone ie iphone3 upwards though gps is not good at all on those devices but for that or android there are speedo apps that will do this
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GodPleaseLetitWork · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 05, 2005 Posts: 6

I think I'll just go for an up-to-date Tom Tom. Problem I have is the 10 second monitoring my employer does using the tracker. I often find myself in areas or turn into country roads when I'm not 100% sure what the limit is until I see a sign. I can default to 30mph but I've had a couple of people getting angry behind me because I think that they think I'm winding them up! Maybe a big sign on the back of my van or something would help!!

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