Do any Garmins have an audible excess speed alert?

brennano · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 16, 2009 Posts: 2

I'm looking for a Garmin which will give you an audible alert when you go over the speed limit for the road you are driving on.
I would like the audible alert for excess speed on all roads not just ones with speed cameras.
Is there any Garmin models which would do this?
Thanks

sussamb · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:39 pm Post subject:

Not AFAIK. I must agree though, I'd like to see that also. My old Mio navman allowed you to set an audible alert and it's the one thing I've missed since switching to Garmins about 3 years ago Crying or Very sad

Dabri · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 149

The Garmin 2460 has something called Audible Speed Alerts, which is reached via Tools/Settings/Navigation/Car/Audible Speed Alerts. I have not used it so cannot comment on it any further. Unfortunately, there is no explanation nor reference to it in the Garmin manual.
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sussamb · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject:

Dabri · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 149

Sussamb, Not on a 2460 it doesn't. My audible speed alerts to set to off (or whatever the off setting is called) and I can still get Garmin speed camera warning sounds (if I activate the Garmin camera data) or if I use the pGPS data.
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M8TJT · Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject:

Dabri. How about switching it on and going for a short overspeed drive Driving

and post here for the benefit of the OP's question Thumbs Up

Dabri · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 149

I have it on my To Do list for tomorrow. It would not be legal for me to do it now.
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Kremmen · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:09 am Post subject:

My car has this feature built in, global not by individual road, and I've only set it for 75mph+

I agree with the above comment that if you had it for all roads that Garmin knows about you would quickly be turning it off.
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brennano · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 16, 2009 Posts: 2

Thanks for the info so far.
I work for a utility company in Northern Ireland and the company has recently put trackers in our vans.
They company have also started disciplining workers who get points for speeding in their vehicles so I'm trying to avoid this.
I know false alerts would be annoying but worth it if it helps me stay out of trouble at work.

Dabri · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 149

Update. I have tried the unit in action over a fairly short time. Briefly, the unit gives three bongs as soon as you go over the speed limit, and gives the same as reminders every approx. 12 seconds that you stay over the limit. I can't find any adjustment to the tolerance - it appears to be fixed at 1 mph above the limit. [Note that on this unit you can change the road speed limits, but only in increments of 5 mph.] Over a short run the warning was not too intrusive, but I am not intending to keep it activated.
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Kremmen · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:28 am Post subject:

Actually, on my old Garmin 2200 there was such a feature.

When I was going faster than the speed limit the speed limit (bottom right corner) would change colour and I could hear a very faint 'bong'.

In your case, if your Garmin has the same feature you could investigate increasing the 'bong' volume level, if you can find the appropriate sound file.
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Dabri · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 149

I could not find a separate volume control for it, although it does change with the overall volume setting.
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Dabri · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 149

Kremmen and others, Please ignore my last response. Rushed in my answer without fully reading the comment. Sorry.
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Anita · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:33 am Post subject:

I don't know about newer TomTom models, but my GO720 has this facility.

Unfortunately it has to be set to a number of miles per hour above the limit, whereas I'd prefer a percentage of 10%, but I have it set to 5mph and seldom hear the warning except sometimes on motorways, when I immediately ease my foot on the accelerator pedal.

Yes, some speed limits on the device are wrong, either in error or because they've changed, but I still find it a useful feature.
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