Alerts And Warnings; Types Of Speed Cameras - Snooper My-Speed XL User Manual

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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

1 Direction of travel

5 Outer ring will turn red when the vehicle speed limit exceeds the road speed limit

6 Distance to speed camera **

* If the road speed limit is unknown then the speed limit will be replaced with an exclamation mark.

** Requires the AURA camera database to be downloaded to My-SpeedXL

Types of speed cameras:

SPECS or Point to Point average speed camera systems utilise state of the art video system with Automatic

Number Plate Reading (ANPR) digital technology. Each SPECS camera features infra red illuminators fitted on

gantries above the road, so they can work day or night.

SPECS speed cameras are located in multiple (at least 2 at a minimum of 200 metres apart) locations along a single

stretch of road for monitoring your average speed along that particular road. So unlike other fixed speed cameras

which capture your speed at a certain point in the road, SPECS average speed cameras work and track your speed

over a set distance, which may be several miles.

Fixed speed cameras such as Gatso, Truvelo, DS2, Watchman, Peak and Speedcurb

Mobile speed cameras - usually laser. Typical places where laser is utilised include motorway bridges, 'road safety

enforcement camera van's 'at the side of the road with the back doors facing you or open, tripod mounted or handheld.

Variable speed cameras appear and are used on many motorways in the UK. Unlike other fixed cameras and average

speed cameras, variable speed cameras don't tend to enforce the road speed limit 24/7, but are used when the

motorway's national speed limit, normally 70mph, is temporarily lowered e.g. 60mph or 50mph. These temporary

speed limits are set and changed. Speed cameras are sited on overhead gantries above each lane of

moving traffic, meaning gantries can have up to four or five individual

speed cameras targeting each lane of the motorway.

To mute an alert press anywhere on the screen during the camera alert, a mute

symbol will appear on the top left hand side of the screen. This mute is temporary

and the unit will revert back to its normal state at the next camera alert.