Speed Detectors

[lemansman]

I know the french police have a big no no on radar detectors - big fine, confiscation that sort of thing but what about GPS blackspot units?

[smokie]

You mean like a Snooper Neo? They don't cover Europe do they? I just got rid of one of those in favour of Smartnav, with the new speed camera locator option. That doesn't cover Europe either though  

www.smartnav.com

[nbarker]

I know the french police have a big no no on radar detectors - big fine, confiscation that sort of thing but what about GPS blackspot units?

1) They don't work in mainland Europe, do they ?  (Apart from
    some that let you pay extra)

2) Would your average French plod be able to tell the difference
    between the two kinds of devices ?

[Chrissy Boy]

I have a dectector - snooper 815 and it says it has 'stealth technology' so the police can not detect it. But, this is a risk that you may or may not want to take. I won't be.

The fines are rather large for motoring offences and seem quite arbitory. Some one I know was fined for speeding  £500 on the spot!(though they WERE speeding!). The Police drove him to a cash point at the supermarket and he had to withdraw the money there and then  - £250 from his account and more annoyingly for his wife, £250 from hers! If he didn't pay he wasn't going home as they confiscated their passports!!

The risks are high and probably not worth taking, and £500 will buy alot of Biere!

All the best

Chrissy Boy

[lemansman]

Thanks All, I know they don't work in europe but -

1.  we want to use it as a speedo as ours is v. dodgy and the unit might look like a red rag to a gendarme.

2. we can calculate average speed through the toll sections

3. there are some hotspots that I know (nicked before) that the french use for lasers on the motorways near calais (surprise surprise) that i would like to programme in on the way down.

Cheers

LMM

[nopanic - neil]

Yea they do check with the toll both - i.e timed tickets and also laast year they had a wire running across the road and where doing people at least a mile away. No chance to reduce speed once you see them.

Lets face they want you money, no diffrent our lot.