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Jan 09Technology is cool.
It’s no secret that I hate speed cameras, red-light cameras and CCTV in general. Now there’s a radar detector that tells you where they are.
Cobra Electronics has taught its radar detectors a new trick: they also detect red light cameras and speed cameras.
The Chicago company does this by maintaining a database of intersections known to have red-light cameras and stretches of road with speeding cameras. The database currently has more than 5,000 intersections, speed camera locations and popular speed traps. But it’s being updated twice a day by Cobra employees who are tasked with finding and verifying new locations by calling various cities, police departments and local businesses near major intersections.
Garmin, I demand that you add this service to your GPS gizmos right now.
HT: Boing Boing
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