Tomtom Speed Camera Icons
Around most of the developed world, a fair percentage of rate limit-related law enforcement has transferred out of individual hands to the realm of machines. But in which a human traffic policeman might provide you the benefit of the doubt if you don't slow down fast enough when the limit falls on a street, a camera will merely record you overstepped the mark, and that is it. So a fantastic knowledge of speed limits and in which the automated systems employing them are located is vital for the modern driver. This is really where TomTom's Speed Cameras comes in; it is pretty much all of the app does.
TomTom's Speed Cameras is an app for iOS just, such as the company's fully featured sat-nav app. It is even more restrictive, though, since a mobile data connection is a must. So it runs to the iPhone 3GS and above or one of those 3G iPads. It is not compatible with the iPod Touch or even wifi-only iPads. The program itself is free, but it's entirely useless by itself. You'll have to purchase a subscription, which costs #16.99 a year, although a introductory offer of a single month to get #1.49 is available.
With the app installed along with a subscription implemented, the port couldn't be simpler. During regular driving, a stylised street graphic fills the display, using a speed limit sign on the right and your current speed on the leftside. If you are inside the limitation, the rate Run Google maps and Tom Tom app side by side shows in white, but if you exceed the limit it changes to light red then a darker red. We noticed that Speed Cameras wasn't mindful of the limitation in certain suburban side roads, except where this was reduced to 20mph. However it should be fairly obvious the default speed is 30mph in residential neighbourhoods, and all major roads were detected correctly.
The main function of the app, of course, comes into play when you are approaching a speed camera. As you near the camera, a warning beeps and a distance countdown begins at the base. Sometimes, cameras have been found that are not on your current route, but only around a nearby rotation, which can be a specially handy safeguard if you turn into a side street that also entails a decrease in speed limit.
A much more useful feature is how average speed zones are presented. Instead of just telling you to keep under the limitation, Speed Cameras keeps track of your existing average within the zone. So if you do wind up unintentionally going too quickly at any stage, you can peg your speed back enough to keep the typical lawful. For very long average zones, this will be quite handy indeed.