App continues to think it is inaverage speed monitoring zone

lozz1952 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2013 Posts: 3

I drove in both directions through the long average speed (50 mph) monitoring zone on M25 in the Clacket Lane Services Area over the weekend. I have an iPhone4 and it continued to warn me about the speed limit for the rest of the journey - about 30 miles.

Is there a setting I have to change, or is this a bug which needs a fix please?

MaFt · Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:48 pm Post subject:

Hmm... The start and end cameras are marked correctly in each direction so I'm not sure why the alerts haven't turned themselves off...

When did you last update the database?

Also, if it happens again, you can always turn off the average speed (and thus the alerts) by tapping the average speed on the main view.

MaFt

DennisN · Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:47 pm Post subject:

Were you by any chance on the phone? It has been known to sort of stop registering whilst I'm on the phone so it doesn't notice an end of average speed zone marker. Personally I've reported that I think this is a bug, but I don't know if anyone else can replicate it.
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lozz1952 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2013 Posts: 3

I wasn't on the 'phone, so that does not appear to be the problem.

I last updated the database a day or two before I had the problem on the M25.

Noted that if I actually tap the average speed indicator on the main screen, it turns that feature off. Presumably it will re-enable itself next time I use the app?

GerryC · Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:40 am Post subject:

Yes, the average speed warnings will start again when you pass another Specs cameras.

Another thought would be if you were having GPS problems at the time and the phone thought it was a bit away from the road when you passed the "end" camera. Were you getting silly high speeds?

As the cameras are in the database, give it another update and hopefully you'll be fine next time.

Gerry

lozz1952 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 17, 2013 Posts: 3

I wasn't seeing "silly" high speeds in the average speed zone, so assume that it wasn't a GPS problem.

Am probably going to be driving through the same stretch of M25 again this coming weekend, so fingers crossed..

CA_0315141420 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 15, 2012 Posts: 2

I had exactly the same problem last Sunday on the M1 and on Tuesday on the M5 Bristol. On both occasions I had to turn the phone off (iPhone 4) and back on again to stop the reminder (short of chucking it out of the window!).

I had downloaded latest databases in both cases. Something is clearly not right!

M8TJT · Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 9:22 pm Post subject:

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M8TJT · Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 11:17 pm Post subject:

But you seem to have the time or opportunity to switch the phone off and back on again. Surely it would be less hastle to tap the av SPD readout Rolling Eyes

DennisN · Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 8:23 am Post subject:

I can confirm that the specs cameras around Bristol, M4/M5 are all correctly positioned and do have End cameras at all ends.
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qkjb · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 01, 2005 Posts: 93

Just thought I would add my tuppence worth.
Yesterday I was driving down the Southend Arterial (A127) and had the Camera Alert app running on an iPhone to see how the average speed report went. I was heading to Chelmsford so turned off to join the A130. The app continued to repeat "50" at me (the speed for the av speed camera zone) for some time until my wife turned the phone off out of annoyance. The map displayed where we were correctly but the app gave the wrong warning and (I think) the wrong speed limit.
I wondered whether this happened because the turn off to the A130 is before the end of the Average speed camera zone on the Arterial Road?
Didn't know about tapping the av speed icon so will try that next time. Any thoughts?

GerryC · Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 4:06 pm Post subject:

Hi qkjb

Normally, there is an "invisible" exit camera when you leave a specs zone but they appears to be missing at this junction. You can see them as dotted circles on the submission map on the website.

I'll point out the locations to the database admin (MaFt) as I've seen some more round there that need adding / amending as well.

Gerry

qkjb · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 01, 2005 Posts: 93

Thanks Gerry,
That would be great.

Regards,
qkjb

MaFt · Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 6:42 pm Post subject:

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