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    News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    Android and iPhone app warns motorists of speed cameras.
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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    So people have to (presumably) load up the app and press *speed camera here* - presumably with GPS enabled - all while driving along? Granted, you might have the app already open, but that plus only having speed cameras for the last hour and a half surely means it's going to fail due to lack of users?
    Good idea in principle perhaps, but I'm not convinced that it'll be of any worth..

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    So only slightly better than the speed camera database on most sat nav apps then ?
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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    Here's a radical and much cheaper approach... don't break the speed limit!!

    What is the world coming to!

    By now all cars should wirelessly connect to a GPS system the prevents the car exceeding that roads limit.

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    ^ That's a joke right?

    I can sorta see what they are getting at / trying to bring to mobile users - I use google maps navigation alot, but it lacks the speed camera data base (as far as I know)...

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    So this is a less functional, paid version of the free navigation app 'Waze'.

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    Quote Originally Posted by tickleonthetum View Post
    Here's a radical and much cheaper approach... don't break the speed limit!!

    What is the world coming to!

    By now all cars should wirelessly connect to a GPS system the prevents the car exceeding that roads limit.
    Almost a good idea apart from what happens when you have to accelerate to get out of trouble or to overtake?

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    Quote Originally Posted by [GSV]Trig View Post
    Almost a good idea apart from what happens when you have to accelerate to get out of trouble or to overtake?
    Yes but all the millions of privacy invading CCTV cameras around the UK can be used to prove that you were innocent given the circumstance and not just try to bust you when you cross the line...

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    Quote Originally Posted by Noli View Post
    Yes but all the millions of privacy invading CCTV cameras around the UK can be used to prove that you were innocent given the circumstance and not just try to bust you when you cross the line...

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    In theory yes, but you can bet your arse that they wont actually check those camera's before issuing a ticket, they'll just send out a ticket and hope the majority cough up and they when challenged do they check the other evidence..

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    I thought if was some sort of webcam peep show
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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    This is an application for users who are planning to break the law but don't want to be caught. A decent prosecution barister will have a field day with the information that the accused willfully obtained information about where the speed traps are.

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    If it goes to court you're probably already screwed (or rather, perhaps you're not, given that if you weren't innocent you would probably just have taken the fine and points/speed awareness course). This is intended to keep you from getting caught.. but if it doesn't work, you'd be silly to try to argue your way out of a ticket by going to court if they've got evidence you were speeding, and this app (if the prosecution even knew about it) is unlikely to make a difference.

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    Quote Originally Posted by [GSV]Trig View Post
    or to overtake?
    If the car in front is going fast enough for you to need to break the speed limit to overtake why do you need to overtake?

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    Sounds like a good idea, but as meantioned above me. 1 1/2 hours and then deleted? And how are driver conveniently enter the app and mark the camera?

    Also it not to legal in some countries as well

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    Re: News - Escort Live delivers cloud-based alerts for speedy motorists

    Quote Originally Posted by Splash View Post
    If the car in front is going fast enough for you to need to break the speed limit to overtake why do you need to overtake?
    Ahhh theres always one.

    I tend to overtake as quickly and safely as possible, sometimes this means breaking the speedlimit.
    I'd rather speed for a few hundred yards than spend longer than needed on the wrong side of the road...

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