Tomtom Speed Camera
Across most of the developed world, a fair percentage of speed limit-related law enforcement has transferred out of human hands to the kingdom of machines. But in which a human traffic policeman might give 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 understanding of speed limits and in which the automated systems employing them are situated is essential for the modern driver. That is really where TomTom's Speed Cameras comes in; it's pretty much all of the app does.
TomTom's Speed Cameras is an app for iOS only, such as the organization's fully featured sat-nav program. It's even more prohibitive, however, since a mobile data connection is a must. So it only runs to the iPhone 3GS and over or among those 3G iPads. It is not compatible with all the iPod Touch or wifi-only iPads. The app itself is free, but it's entirely useless on its own. You'll need to purchase a subscription, which costs #16.99 a year, although an introductory offer of one month for #1.49 is available.
With the app installed and a subscription applied, the port could not be easier. During routine driving, a stylised street graphic fills the display, with a speed limit sign on the right and your current speed on the leftside. If you are inside the limitation, the rate shows in white, but if you exceed the limitation it affects to light reddish then a darker red. We discovered that Speed Cameras wasn't aware of the limit in some suburban side streets, except where this was reduced to 20mph.
The main role of the program, of course, comes into play when you are approaching a speed camera. As you close to the camera, a warning beeps and a space countdown starts at the bottom. Occasionally, cameras have been found that aren't on your current path, but only around a nearby turning, which can be a particularly handy safeguard in case you turn into a side road that also entails a reduction in speed limit.
An even more useful feature is how average speed zones are introduced. Instead of merely telling you to keep below the limitation, Speed Cameras keeps track of your current average inside the zone. So should you end up accidentally going too quickly at any point, you can Run Google maps and Tom Tom app side by side peg your rate back enough to keep the average legal. For long average zones, this will be very handy indeed.