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Whilst at a Katherine Jenkins concert in Portsmouth last night, (Fantastic) I met up with an old Navy chum that I had not seen for years and he was under the impression that France had banned all SAT NAV's which I personally find difficult to believe!
I thought that it was only systems that gave warnings about speed cameras but even so, I presume that would include my old TOM TOM 700 that does give warnings of such cameras, but I can't see how you remove that facility!
Sat Navs are not illegal, what is currently being done is that the use of warning devices for speed cameras which includes the databases on sat navs is being stopped.
TomTom and the other manufacturers are rejigging quite legally to give warning of dangerous places which will include tight bends, steep hills and speed cameras.......
AnA trip into any large supermarket eg Auchan at Calais (coquelles)will show you that they are live and kicking.
Phill
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If your speed camera files are currently being updated as you have a current subscription then you shoukld see that it deletes the French section if you updated now.
The French authorities have asked SatNav companies to sign up to an agreement not to supply their products with the location of French cameras. They can include zones ofdanger which can include camera positions but not say they are.
SpeedyDux explained it clearly:
1. From 29 November 2011, under an agreement reached between the manufacturers of speed camera warning devices (GPS of course, not radar detectors*) and the French Minister of the Interior, henceforth the devices will be known as “Driving Aids” and the GPS location databases must only warn of “zones de danger” or what we might call “black spots” instead of fixed speed camera sites. The manufacturers will no longer provide updates for customer download purposes so any existing database of speed camera sites will quickly become obsolete. If you buy a new satnav or download an updated warning database, in France you will have to adapt to the warnings of black spots, and guess whether it is in fact a fixed speed camera site or simply a dangerous junction.
[I don’t know whether Tom Tom has actually signed up to this agreement, but since they sell their satnavs just about everywhere they are hardly likely to wish to antagonize the French Minister of the Interior by ignoring this official policy even if it isn’t an actual law. Perhaps that explains the reports that Tom Tom mapping updates are automatically removing or disabling the database of speed camera locations in France so that they conform with the new policy for motorists.]
2. Motorists who wish to continue using older GPS warning devices or fixed speed camera databases in existing satnavs can still do so. This is because the law has not changed. Maître de Caumont advised that they remain perfectly legal and he defies anyone to prosecute a motorist who does so. Internet sites that publish the speed camera locations have not been banned.
3. Radar detectors, i.e. those devices that rely on detecting radar waves, were made illegal in France in 1975. If you are caught with one in your possession, you risk a fine of up to 1,500 Euros and a 3 year disqualification, together with confiscation of the device and 3 penalty points on your licence (when you get it back, presumably).
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That must be why Katherine Jenkins burst into tears at her concert the night before....she had bought a new TomTom and was going to use it in France..... I just knew it was nothing to do with her split from her boyfriend
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I know why she burst into tears,she`s got a S7000 snooper,I`ve got two of these things and wish I had bought a blind donkey,would probably find more things , two of them have been returned to performance products ,the first one gave up on the way back from germany,at the start of 2011,the second gave up reading the satallites positions at dover,on the way to the north to see the northern lights on the 10 th nov 2011,we used the spare one for the trip and we are still in Sweden with it working still,hope it lasts a bit longer then the other two,on average 6 months, not bad for a £400.00 bit of kit,I think it`s called inbuilt obsolescense ,or may be they are just c**p,we are told by the customer servises that it`s our fault the second one broke,seamingly the GPS pcb aerial has been pulled out or off ,not that we have that part to plug into the unit ,the aerial I mean,so no problem for performance products,blame the owner,the only performance should be with Miss Jenkins, not making sat nav systems,! !still in the frozen north,Sweden,regards to all Bill
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