Think I got two tickets

[HOG]

On my way back from Edinburg on Monday I think I might have got zapped by a mobile sped camera that was not on the database, doh!

Also further down the road I think I got zapped again! I had it set to warn me at 1000 yards but when it warned me I could see the camera up on a bridge obviously 1000 yards away. Point is could it have zapped me?

I now have the warning set to 2000 yards!!

Does anyone know what range the mobile cameras have?

It really annoys me that this was on a strip of motorway with three clear lanes, hardly any traffic and yet there were speed cameras popping up all over the place!!!

[Privateer]

Hi HOG,

Steve Warren’s website ( http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk ) is the best resource for speed camera related information.

I can’t access that website at work, but IIRC the mobile cameras (laser/video units) have a theoretical range of 1,000 metres although they generally use a shorter range as 1,000 metres is a long distance.

I’ve had my mobile warnings set to 1,000 metres for a while now. I’ve found that even on motorways I’ve been warned long before the mobile site is visible. Don’t forget that the camera operators are shy and don’t want to be seen. They will site themselves on a bend, brow of a hill, etc so that you are suddenly in their range. With a warning of 1,000 metres I can see the location of a mobile site on the SatNav map long before I can see physically see it (and more importantly before it can see me), which give me time to recheck my speed.

Regards,
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Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D

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