A GPS gift for Christmas can help you to slow down and avoid fines!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Much has been said about equipment that allows the user to detect speed cameras and avoid traffic fines. There are many different devices – and some of these might not be legit!

Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar, spokesperson for the Johannesburg metro police department, said motorists forking out large sums of money on laser- and radar-jamming equipment could end up facing harsher consequences than a speeding fine.

Car navigation systems that detect speed traps, jammers that scramble speed-reading equipment and sprays that make number plates invisible to cameras are among the devices available to help motorists to avoid fines. Minnaar offers good advice for those who do not know whether equipment is legal:

“When the instrument used by a motorist has the capability of jamming police equipment, the person using it is at risk of being charged with defeating the ends of justice, which carries a jail term,” Minnaar said, adding that several motorists had been arrested, charged and heavily fined after being caught with jammers.

He said GPS systems that warned of known trapping spots or popular sites for mobile speed traps were both legal and welcomed by the JMPD.

“Anything that causes a motorist to slow down and obey the law is good.”

TomTom, the world’s leading portable navigation provider announced on the 4th of December the availability of an extensive safety camera database, for the entire TomTom product portfolio. This database will help motorists identify and alert where safety cameras are and thus encourage them to drive more safely, while at the same time saving money on fines.

The Arrive Alive website believes that these GPS devices might not only help to provide the necessary route guidance – but also give important advice on specific hazardous locations on the road to your destination.

View the Arrive Alive website for more information on “GPS and road safety”