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| Thread ID: 138380 | 2014-11-21 20:34:00 | Suggestions for a GPS or other Speed alert item | Daniel.Drache (10574) | Press F1 |
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| 1388519 | 2014-11-21 20:34:00 | In my work van I tend to overspeed quite a bit (110km max). Works cracking down on it & try as I might I go over 100km to often. So I thought I would pick up a cheap GPS unit that will beep when I hit 100km, (the work vans GPS sends an alert if I go over 107km) I won't use it for directions, so Ideally something cheapish as the screen doesn't have to be very good I would like to be able to configure the sound of the beep (Or have an easy on the ear sound) & when it beeps (GPS units take a few seconds to register speed changes & I would like to set it for 100km or a max of 102km) Can anyone suggest a GPS unit or similar? Cheers Daniel |
Daniel.Drache (10574) | ||
| 1388520 | 2014-11-22 01:19:00 | Hardly Normals have a selection of GPS units, some cheap that have speed alerts www.harveynorman.com.au Select a unit and specs to see if they have speed alert. Mind you you could always just lift the foot a bit, generally if you are passing everything on the road you're going faster than the speed limit ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1388521 | 2014-11-22 01:29:00 | Yea, I've been making an effort to reduce my speed, but when you're driving out in the back roads with 5 jobs to go & **** all time my foot naturally presses a little harder. I'll check out their site, if anyone has a suggestion let me know, otherwise I'll pick up a random one on mon |
Daniel.Drache (10574) | ||
| 1388522 | 2014-11-22 01:35:00 | If you have a smartphone there are speedo apps that have this feature, can be a little slow to respond to speed changes though. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1388523 | 2014-11-22 01:43:00 | Our current car has a speedo marking at 105. I find it easy to keep the needle somewhere between 100 and 105 (105 on the speedo is 100 "real") |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1388524 | 2014-11-23 07:32:00 | I have heard GPS units/programs should not be relied upon for speed indication. Possibly a shortage of signals might be a cause of inaccuracy? | PPp (9511) | ||
| 1388525 | 2014-11-23 09:51:00 | I have heard GPS units/programs should not be relied upon for speed indication. Possibly a shortage of signals might be a cause of inaccuracy? They are surprisingly accurate but do not respond in real time and don't account for sloping surfaces, using it as a backup to the speedo to warn you of speeding is ok but you wouldn't replace the speedo with one. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1388526 | 2014-11-24 08:15:00 | However the good thing about a dedicated car GPS is that it should know the speed limit no matter what area you are in 50/70/100km/hr whatever. | Ofthesea (14129) | ||
| 1388527 | 2014-11-25 07:16:00 | Just tell work you will pay them $100 dollars off your wages every time you are caught speeding, that should be good motivation to improve. Hopefully a free option! | PPp (9511) | ||
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