Road Angel 2

I'm not a particularly fast driver and generally remain at or around the quoted speed limits. However, an incident the other week involving a late night drive around an unfamiliar area in London made me decide to invest in one of the these 'blackspot and camera alert' devices. On this ocassion the limit suddenly dropped from 30 to 20mph (Upper Thames Street?) and being a bit tired and surprised becuase of the type of road (wide, two lane, well lit) I continued very cautiously at around the 25mph mark. Having being later informed by my colleagues that this road had some of the new no flash ... more

I bought this product after a long spell of being caught by a variety of gatso and laser traps. The final straw was a gatso on the M62 whilst travelling through roadworks - lots of yellow signs (and dredded boxes) in view, but brain not registering the danger. I later found out the camera that caught me netted West Yorkshire Police £4mil! I went out and bought one a few days after this event, around two years ago. The reason I bought the RoadAngel was that it was the only GPS (Global Positioning System) product on the market that appeared to be comprehensive in that it can detect laser as well ... more

I bought my Road Angel about 12 months ago and was lucky enough to get an 18 month license for updates free with it. This camera detector doesn't sense the camera or its radar or infra red signal but responds to a satellite signal warning you that a camera is coming up. It has given a few false alarms but usually these are mobile sites so you can't be sure anyway. The unit comes with a mounting bracket and suckers, a USB cable, charging cable for the car, and a magnetic plate which allows it to attach to a place on the dashboard. I found the unit looked functional but not attractive. I think ... more