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JLee
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| Gwyn wrote: | | Your idea would probably work, but would it be worth all trouble. I will let you try it first. |
Surely it's just a case of renaming the OV2 file and replacing the bit map with one of a tree?
Also, if you've installed POI voice alerts replace it with "Warning... Maple tree approaching". :D |
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andrewh
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| MikeOnABike wrote: | | No, I think simply suggesting the police get a warrant before they look at your GPS should suffice. |
Not a smart move when stopped by the German police. Be polite and say "yes, sir", "I had no idea, sir, it is quite legal in Britain, oh and by the way I am Scottish and we are not be playing in the World Cup" and "I am sorry" lots and you will probably get away with it as a foreigner but be cheeky and the 75 Euro fine will suddenly become a dangerous driving charge. |
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ThomasG
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Just thought I'd add my 2p worth here as a German who's lived in the UK for a few years now :D
In Germany fixed cameras, ie Gatsos and such, aren't as common as here. Quite often the cops hide in the bushes to get you with a laser gun or they hide the speed trap and camera behind a wheely bin, behind the armco or between parked cars and the first thing you know of it is when you get the letter or get stopped a few hundred yards down the road. I only had letters so far though 
I guess a camera database is probably not as useful over there as they could literally be anywhere. But then again I haven't been back there for a while and things might have changed. New government and all...
Sorry for boring you  |
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Gwyn
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| When I was living in Germany in 1969 - 1973, the Police used to have speed cameras fitted to the front of VW vans, they used to take lovely pictures!!! |
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ThomasG
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Gwyn wrote: | | When I was living in Germany in 1969 - 1973, the Police used to have speed cameras fitted to the front of VW vans, they used to take lovely pictures!!! |
:D Yeah... after that they put them in the back of VW Passats and other estate cars. And the photo quality got even better. It's quite funny looking at a photo of yourself driving 8O |
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Gwyn
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| A friend of mine was 'photoed'? going through Soest and they then turned the van around and he got 'photoed' again on the same road coming back through. Oh how we laughed - well he didn't but the rest of us did. |
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ThomasG
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Before I forget... another thing the German police is very keen on enforcing, apart from speeding, is distance. Meaning the distance you keep to the car in front. On motorways they have devices mounted on bridges that measure the distance between you and the car in front and depending on how much too close you are they'll issue the fine and/or ban accordingly.
As a rule of thumb leave a distance (in meters) corresponding to half the speed (in km) you're doing. So for example if you're doing 100 km/h you should leave 50 Meters between you and the car in front.
Just thought I'd add it while we're talking about fines and all in Germany :D |
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gamichea
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| Gwyn wrote: | | I think that you will find that it is not only Germany where it is illegal, but also France and many other countries in Europe. |
The Inforad dedicated GPS camera locator was first marketed in France where it is legal unless there has been a change in the law in the last four months. On the French Inforad site there was then a downloadable certificate signed by a suitably qualified worthy certifying the Inforad is purely a GPS device and not a detector or jammer of speed camera emissions. AFAIK its still there. It includes a picture of a genuine Inforad, presumably to, ahem  , deter 'rebranding' of detectors.
Also one of the FAQ answers on this site categorically states the device is legal under French law.
Inforad and its GPS competitors are openly advertised in France and Belgium. If they were illegal I would have expected a swift clampdown from the French. Particularly in view of their (sucessful) drive over the last few years to significantly reduce their road casualties by properly enforcing their speeding and drink drive laws
Anyone on here resident in France, Belgium, Italy, etc. got a view on this? |
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dd4005
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Anyone here willing to point out where to find a german db? I'm interested in finding out the location of maple trees  |
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gamichea
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The Inforad has German coverage. How extensive and the source of their info.I know not. It did warn me of German cameras last September.
The main issue I have with Inforad is the lead time for UK cameras to go on/come off their database. On the Peterborough ring road there were a lots of temporary gatsos during road works for about three months last summer. When they finally got onto a regularly updated Inforad it was late August. By mid September the gatsos had all gone but the Inforad was still merrily warning of them a few weeks ago  |
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dd4005
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| gamichea wrote: | | The Inforad has German coverage |
Thanks. You have a link for inforad? I googled them and got all kinds of different sites, several of which had GPS stuff. I looked at a few and never felt like I was at the right one. |
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gamichea
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| The link is www.gpsinforad.com and in the uk it gets you to the .co.uk site. The link there to the French site resolutely brings you back to the uk site. However if you google determinedly/imaginatively for info on Inforad's French site you'll get links to some sub pages from which you can access the whole French site, just avoid the home page cos I think it may boot you back to the UK. If you don't get lucky post again and I'll try and look out my stuff which has been filed away by SWMBO since we got back from Europe. Good luck. |
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dd4005
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Oh, misunderstanding. I'm looking for a downloadable database (of maple trees ) as discussed in this thread earlier. |
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gamichea
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| Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Try the Woodland Trust |
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| gamichea wrote: | | Try the Woodland Trust |
, good one :D |
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