Snooper Or Tomtom Go?

[raywong]

people

i received a speed ticket early on this week , i was doing 36 in a 30 zone. i do admit that this is my fault and cant blame anybody, since i will have 3 points on my license, just incase that i will accidently get another one, i wanted to buy a device that would detect speed cameras.

When i got caught, the cop was using a mobile speed gun, in the back of a van with the smallest "police" sticker on, and my friend said that they are bringing a lot more of these mobile speed camera into the area that i live in. so which one shall i go for?? Snooper or tomtom go?

i know that the snoopers are designed to detect speed cameras, which should be the one that i go for, but i have been talking to a lot of people with the tomtom go, they all said that the tomtom go can also detect speed cameras, i'm just wondering which is the better option for me.

Thx a lot... sorry for the long winded post :)

Ray

[GT4 BOOSTER]

soon to be made illegal devices that pick up mobile lazer units , so go carefull on money , if you want gatso protection opt for the snooper s3 which will be ok in the event of the others being made illegal.

[alanbradley]

Tomtom Go and keep your eyes open...

I have a Snooper S6-R Neo fitted to my car and Tomtom on my PDA (a Mio 168 that has built-in GPS). Each cost me about 300 quid (now I see where all my money has gone over th past few months...) and I can safely say that the tomtom satnav system was the much better buy. The Snooper bleeps and buzzes, but oer 90-odd precent are false alarms - including the almighty sirens that went off for a laser false alarm on my way home tonight...

Happy choosing,

Alan

[stevetubbyturbo]

ive got a Tom Tom Go and ive downloaded all the speed Camera locations and it finds them all and the data base is updated monthly and its free

[s0cks]

TomTom won't pick up mobile speed traps, such as police vans, only stationary spped traps as it only uses GPS. You need laser radar detection for that. Which would mean a Snooper, but I wouldn't get a snooper as they are pretty poor. You should go for a Road Angel (1 or 2). Fairly expensive at around £400 + subscription fee but the dogs balls.

[MSC_Kev]

The following equipment will give you the best protection you can have.

1. Road Pilot - click me

IMO the best GPS equipment on the market, has radar upgrade available (legal issues with radar detection now too) good small size and usually can be installed near your dials to give better viewing. large scene for such a small unit with gps digital speedo display. Only bleeps at you near gasto camera's if you going above the limit and gives more advanced warning then the road angel units and doesn't false alarm ever!!. It will show what the speed limit is, what speed you are doing and also distance to camera.

ROAD ANGEL units will only warn you of laser guns and in most cases the warning is too late for you to lower your speed. For Laser protection it's best to buy seperate units such as below.

2. Snooper SLD 920x - click me

review

This will pick up and block all types of laser guns that the police will use to detect motorists, the kind of laser guns used to get yourself. Fitting a pair of these to the front of the car will cover you in almost every case, but a rear set can be fitted to avoid being shot from behind.

*** PLEASE NOT THE ABOVE snooper SLD 920x is not road legal ***

The unit is not illegal to have fitted to the car, only illegal to be used whilst driving, yes you've guessed it a legal loop whole. They come complete with an on and off switch that can located under the dash and switched off in the event of being pulled over.

In most cases the officer will be shown with an error message on the laser gun and you will just carry on driving, lower you speed to within the limit. If the driver is pulled over (very unlikely) switch them off prior to being pulled over and the officer cannot do a thing.

I had a similiar case to you not so long back, sticking the speed limits whilst I was being hassled by another car behind me that caused me to miss a 40 sign and get done by a laser camera for 40 in 30. I know I should have pulled over a let them by, but hindsight is a wonderfull thing.

[stevetubbyturbo]

TomTom won't pick up mobile speed traps, such as police vans, only stationary spped traps as it only uses GPS. You need laser radar detection for that. Which would mean a Snooper, but I wouldn't get a snooper as they are pretty poor. You should go for a Road Angel (1 or 2). Fairly expensive at around £400 + subscription fee but the dogs balls.

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I beg to differ on that as the camera data base download has in it the locations of known mobile camera location.

also does red light camera, specs , gatso , known mobile locations

but you are right in saying Tom Tom cant pick up laser and radar signals but the problem with laser is once you hear the warning you have been caught.

and the problem i found with radar decectors is if you drive through a city or high street the detector is forever going off due to automatic doors, and zerba crossings with lights.

But in my personal opinon having both systems GPS and dectection i prefur the GPS

[s0cks]

I have tomtom with the speed cam database too. It's OK. Red light camera can get annoying in Londan, as they are everywhere, and it alerts you to cameras both on your side of the road and on the other side of the road.

Still, safer to slow down. If you have the money for loads of fancy gizmo's then go for it. But it may not save your liscence, and doesn't it make your car more attractive for a breakin?

[Matthew_McNally]

These are very different animals. The Tom Tom GO is a portable sat nav device, and a snooper is a speed camera unit.

Yes - you can overlay speed camera GPS positions as POI's - but its primary purpose is a sat nav unit.

I would steer clear of laser detectors or jammers.

yeah - the road safety bill expired, but that I'll give you good odds, that it will be back, and that detectors will be made illegal.

Additionally, any form of laser detector is about as much use as a chocolate teapot.

The difference between the speed of light, and the speed of sound is so great, that it is possible for a laser to travel to your car and back, before the sound of the alert would travel to your ears - simple physics says these things are useless :D

Get a GPS based unit, and update it regulary. I personally have a Road Angel 2, and find that works really well, with notmany false positives.

[seveer unaek]

If money's tight, I can recommend an iNFORAD.... GPS only... £80 with free updates for first year and only £25 every year after that of £50 for life. It picks up all the fixed sites, granted, it beeps at ones on the opposite side of the road, but the it beeps like mad if your speeding and that should be enough to slow you down just to shut it up, whatever side of the road you're on.

IMO, Radar isn't worth the money, it'll be banned soon enough, and most of the time, the radar sites are in sensible locations.... it's Gatso's and all the other scamera's that i hate, they're the money makers.... if the van is in a sensible location (near me they're at schools etc) then if you get caught.... it's 100% your fault and you deserve the 3 points.... no excuse for driving like a wally.

There's a few roads near me.... 40mph limit, dual carriageway, no houses schools or anything... with damned speed camera's on them... they're the ones i want to detect.

[s0cks]

If money's tight, I can recommend an iNFORAD.... GPS only... £80 with free updates for first year and only £25 every year after that of £50 for life. It picks up all the fixed sites, granted, it beeps at ones on the opposite side of the road, but the it beeps like mad if your speeding and that should be enough to slow you down just to shut it up, whatever side of the road you're on.

IMO, Radar isn't worth the money, it'll be banned soon enough, and most of the time, the radar sites are in sensible locations.... it's Gatso's and all the other scamera's that i hate, they're the money makers.... if the van is in a sensible location (near me they're at schools etc) then if you get caught.... it's 100% your fault and you deserve the 3 points.... no excuse for driving like a wally.

There's a few roads near me.... 40mph limit, dual carriageway, no houses schools or anything... with damned speed camera's on them... they're the ones i want to detect.

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I've seen a number of speed vans hiding behind trucks in layby's and parking round corners or behind bigger vans just hide themselves. I refuse to believe that they were parked there first. And this has been on silly roads, usually big long wide roads with a speed limit of 40 or similiar for some rediculas reason.

Gatso's and truvelo's are usually easier to spot.

[raywong]

thx for he advice people, when i got caught out, the road is clear and it is like country lanes, no buildings or schools or wot so ever at all, i would have thought that the speed limit would be 60mph tbh. i do admit that i am wrong because i didnt look out for signs.

so does it mean that the GPS couldn't pick up mobile cameras? but radar and laser can??

i thought the ban of radar detecters had been delayed for at least another year? correct me if i am wrong.

thx very much

Ray :)

[s0cks]

How could GPS pick up mobile devices? It just cross-checks a database with camera locations against the map.

[Matthew_McNally]

so does it mean that the GPS couldn't pick up mobile cameras? but radar and laser can??

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no - GPS camera units simply beep when they are near the co-ordinates of a known camera - there is no "detection" at all.

a radar / laser detector actively detects speed cameras.

i thought the ban of radar detecters had been delayed for at least another year? correct me if i am wrong.

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yes it has.

but - it will be back, and if it is passed, and you have a detector or jammer, and you are caught using it, then you could face charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice - a serious offence.

you would not need to be speeding either.

a simple stop - such as a christmas random breath test - and you could be in a lot of trouble.