Tomtom safety camera feature?
March 1st, 2010 | by admin |Does anybody have any experience with the safety camera option on the Tomtom GPS units? It was a free download so I decided to go ahead and get it but haven’t been able to try it out yet. Anyways, I was wondering what all it’s supposed to pick up. Speed cameras? Red light cameras? I’m a little confused on the whole thing to be honest. Also, how exactly does the Tomtom "know" about these cameras? Does it pick them up somewhat like a radar detector would or are they stored in the Tomtom community by random people?
Thanks Steve. I noticed you mentioned you paid for this application? I downloaded this for free somehow or another. Maybe it’s some kind of free trial version?
It’s brilliant, I have the “safety cameras” and use it all the time even when I have no route planned.
The cameras are “spotted” and logged by other Tomtom users with blue tooth connection between their device and phone. When a given number of people have spotted a camera Tomtom put it on the data base, then people like me pay a monthly subscription to download and keep up to date.
A down side is long term cameras in road works (like the section of the M1) show up for some months after the work is finished and the cameras are removed.
You need to use a little common sense, given some 250 / 300 metres notice you can almost always see any cameras Tomtom warns of.
Ah ha unmamfqlm I see you’re in the US.
Not sure how it works in there but in the UK all cameras are painted bright yellow so you can see them easily. They are not hidden like in some countries.
In short I would not be without it.
One Response to “Tomtom safety camera feature?”
By Steve H (London England) on Mar 2, 2010 | Reply
It’s brilliant, I have the “safety cameras” and use it all the time even when I have no route planned.
The cameras are “spotted” and logged by other Tomtom users with blue tooth connection between their device and phone. When a given number of people have spotted a camera Tomtom put it on the data base, then people like me pay a monthly subscription to download and keep up to date.
A down side is long term cameras in road works (like the section of the M1) show up for some months after the work is finished and the cameras are removed.
You need to use a little common sense, given some 250 / 300 metres notice you can almost always see any cameras Tomtom warns of.
Ah ha unmamfqlm I see you’re in the US.
Not sure how it works in there but in the UK all cameras are painted bright yellow so you can see them easily. They are not hidden like in some countries.
In short I would not be without it.
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