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25 Oct 2024 10:28 #258046 by DrRobin
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I downloaded the Speed Camera Fixed and Mobile + Red Light cameras from a web site (speedcams.co.uk £9.99) and installed these in the inbuilt Jimny Sat Nav. I know this still doesn't give you live traffic, but it is an option. This is a one off payment for the current database, but it doesn't change very often and you can get a discount on an update.

Apparently 95% of all speeding fines are now from the Mobile camera vans, with hardly any of the fixed speed cameras now been maintained, although that might vary from by authority.

The Red light cameras are still been maintained, especially at level crossings.

You tend to know where the cameras are, even the mobiles on your regular routes, it's when you go somewhere different, it comes in to it's own and I find live traffic much more useful.

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31 Oct 2024 10:24 - 31 Oct 2024 11:20 #258113 by yakuza
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Been thinking more on this and been using Gaia GPS and I think for the mountains and out and about that one will suffice.
For the streets and highways I think Google will do. speed cameras and such I do not need. if I see how many fines I got the last 30 years and splite them up to how many months I have driven then the monthly fee for the speed camera warning is about the same as my fines.

But for the Gaia GPS I think i would like to use an old phone or a cheap android tablet but I havent found one yet. The new ones are most often way too large and/or way too expensive. Wich bring me back to considering other alternatives again. That is me in a nutshell very undecisive.

Norway 2005 Jimny M16A VVT, 235 BFG MT, 2" Trailmaster, ARB rear lck, 17%/87% high/low gears.
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31 Oct 2024 13:57 - 31 Oct 2024 13:57 #258118 by Rogerzilla
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Most people use Google Maps or Waze simply because almost everything else requires a subscription for live traffic.  This includes most built-in satnavs, which could be great (heads-up display, dead reckoning in tunnels) but are largely pointless as they don't normally include free live traffic.
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31 Oct 2024 14:04 #258119 by yakuza
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There is a Lenovo tab M9 that doesn't cost too much, will check out some tests to see if it is ok for this. It can also be used for other stuff on the dash like OBD2 info and spotify and whatever. But might just be too big for the small Jimny dashboard.
Not to keen on changing the Stereo for a 2din android head unit.

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01 Nov 2024 04:31 #258124 by Lambert
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As with a lot of people in the UK I wouldn't too bothered about scameras if it was just a fine but unfortunately they come with an endorsement of your driving licence usually but not necessarily 3 points and once you get 12 points you get banned from driving for however long. In the meantime these points stay active for 3 years, can be removed after 4 years and yet the insurance company wants to know if you had any in the last 5 years and at each turn it costs you more money so if you are lucky and get a basic 3 point and 60 quid penalty by the time you're entirely free from it's effect you could potentially be looking at a thousand pounds with the cumulative hikes in premium and fees. So in reality it is useful to know where the vans and fixed site cameras are likely to be.

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01 Nov 2024 05:59 #258125 by yakuza
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I had up to two points, but they go away after a while like yours. 6 points and I would be out fo my license.

But the insurance companies in your country seem to have too much power to get hold of that info.
Money should never be above the law that protects the people (not the money), and everyone is innocent until found guilty and there is a difference between a fine for breaking a rule and getting a conviction in a court for breaking the law.

Here we would never allow that companies get hold of that much info on a person, but seems they still make money here without it. My insurance company pay dividends to the customers once a year. Some years I get up to 500€ even with my two points.

Norway 2005 Jimny M16A VVT, 235 BFG MT, 2" Trailmaster, ARB rear lck, 17%/87% high/low gears.

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