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Tazz070299
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 Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:09 pm Post subject: Was I dreaming? 4 mph |
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I travelled down from Northumberland to London yesterday 30/10, using the A1 & then M1.
Whilst moving through the section from East Midlands to Luton (I slept, wife drove) I was woken by a blaspheming wife, cursing the speed camera database as the sat-nav was showing a 4 mph speed warning.
I've checked the current on-line map, and could no find any 4 mph section, and also admit that it's a couple of weeks since my last download, but was my wife hallucinating, and I dreaming, or has the obviously incorrect speed warning been removed?
4 mph Northbound the previous Friday (22/10) night would have been a dream :-)
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mikealder
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| What device were you using? - Mike |
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PaulB2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Previous posts seem to indicate a Garmin unit. Do you have a POI near this location with the number 4 in it's title? Was it definitely a speed camera alert or just a 4 mph proximity alert? |
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MaFt
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:39 am Post subject: |
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do you have any POI files for '4-star petrol'?
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Tazz070299
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| mikealder wrote: | | What device were you using? - Mike |
I was using a Garmin Nuvo 660. And no, I don't have any 4* petrol POIs.
As for the type of warning, I can't swear what it was, although due to my wife's reaction to the unit's incessant bonging (her words, not mine) I suspect it was a speed camera alert.
I'll just have to find a reason to drive up the M1, if only to satisfy my wife's growing belief that the Pocket GPS team are conspiring to have her sectioned for acute paranoid persecution complex with hallucinatory episodes. :-)
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PaulB2005
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I'll just have to find a reason to drive up the M1 |
Run a route demo through the part you know where it happened. You can do this from the comfort of your armchair.
Switch the GPS Simulator ON and then plot the route. You'll be asked if you want a demo (or wrods to that effect). Say Yes and sit back and enjoy! |
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AliOnHols
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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To save yourself an unnecessary trip out, can you set your Garmin to do a demo route for that section of your journey?
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BigPerk
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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If simulation is as fast as it is on my Navigon, be prepared to record your evening's TV viewing  !
Just a thought - are there any variable speed cameras on the M1?
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PaulB2005
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| Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | If simulation is as fast as it is on my Navigon, be prepared to record your evening's TV viewing ! |
Just set it running and listen for the alerts..... |
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Daggers
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:02 am Post subject: |
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MaFt's reason for asking about 4* petrol is that POI categories containing numbers can be interpreted as proximity alerts - e.g.Q8 petrol - see this thread for info.
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MaFt
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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The only POIs from PGPSW with '4' in the title are 'Phones 4u' and 'Specialist 4x4'
Unless you have some POIs from other sites?
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