RED LIGHT CAMERA GPS ALERTS

Speed Camera Locations

Avoid a $100, $250, $375 or higher, traffic ticket using your GPS. Automated red light camera ticketing devices and automated speed camera locations are growing fast across the country. A standard radar detector will not save you. Your Garmin or Tom Tom GPS can warn you and save you hundreds of dollars in traffic ticket fines and keep your auto insurance rates low.

We reviewed several of the GPS red light camera system options available and list our top 3 choices here. These traffic ticket warning systems all use the same basic concept; you load the radar speed trap and traffic light camera locations as Points of Interest (POI) into your GPS and then the GPS POI warns you as you approach the location of the cameras. You are buying a database of the locations red light camera POI.

Our criteria for the three best systems are based on:

v Most Red light camera locations, speed camera, and laser/radar traps available

v Reliability of data and frequency of updated locations (hundreds are added monthly)

v Cost and flexibility of plans

v Usability with the top GPS systems - Garmin, Tom Tom 500, Magellan

We have found three to truly deliver on their promises. Although all three of these GPS Red Light Camera detectors and Speed Trap Alert programs tested well, our top pick was well above the rest.

Most Police departments support these systems since they cause drivers to slow down and follow traffic signals. Unlike radar detectors that are illegal in some states, these GPS alerts are legal and welcomed by law enforcement. By not breaking the law, you have the ultimate method to beat traffic tickets and violations,you avoid speeding tickets in the first place!

Our Top Recommendations:

Best Choice: Phantom Alert Offers the best value and is our TOP PICK!  Phantom Alert offers three packages and all have over 400,000 locations in their database. The data is added from several sources including customers. You can receive Daily emails of new locations that are added to your area saving you hundreds of dollars in traffic violations.

Three plans are available; Monthly Subscription, Yearly Subscription, and the BEST VALUE a Lifetime Subscriptions for a one-time payment of only $99.99. Why do we consider Lifetime the best option? Because you have unlimited downloads, over 400,000 locations already loaded and more added daily, and it is the least expensive option over time.

A nice feature is that Phantom Alert allows you transfer the Lifetime Subscription to a family member for no extra cost. It can be used with Garmin POI database, Tom Tom, Magellan and other GPS - the most GPS devices we reviewed. It also has been featured on National TV shows and has the customer base to stay around for a long, long time. If you are a professional truck driver, delivery person, lor ivery driver, this is your best choice. They also offer GPS devices and other products at great value prices. 30-day money-back guarantee.

Second best Choice: GPS Angel GPS Angel is our second choice. It is basically a specialty GPS system. Using the GPS satellites, it also utilizes a POI for GPS database to warn you of Red Light Camera and Automated Speed camera locations. At only $99.00 it is a good option since all POI camera database updates are free. It does not work with other GPS systems so you would be adding this device along side your other GPS. Maybe not the choice for a professional driver, but a good second choice for the casual driver. You can even press a button and add your own locations if you know of a local speed trap. GPS Angel

Third Choice: Cobra The only reason the Cobra XRS R9G slips to third place is because it is not a GPS and it primarily is a Radar/Laser detector, which are illegal in some states. It does offer red light camera warning. So if you choose to have a radar detector and want to add Red Light Camera protection without adding another device to your dashboard, then Cobra XRS R9G may be the choice for you. It does act as a GPS radar detector.

Why other photo radar and speed camera locations did not make the cut: GPS telephone databases; required the GPS function to constantly be on - in some cities cell phones can not be operating while driving and the poi database had too few locations. POI databases for speed traps and traffic ticket avoiding that are membership or free had well under 10,000 locations. If the database does not have the most locations and updated frequently, it will not help you avoid speeding tickets, avoid accidents at red light camera locations, or warn against radar laser detector locations.

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