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 BEAVERTON, Ore. - If you drive in Beaverton, watch
out for those red-light cameras.
The city started using them in 2001. Since then, Portland also started
installing them at key intersections.
But Beaverton has stayed ahead of the
curve by installing newer, higher-resolution cameras that let police get a close
look at drivers' faces. That makes it harder for them to argue that it wasn't
them who was behind the wheel. The newer cameras also make it easier to spot
other features of the vehicle.
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No
driver likes getting a traffic ticket. No driver likes getting caught
in a speed trap. PhantomAlert solves both problems. It is a
breakthrough product, no seen since early radar detectors, which is a
GPS based speed trap and red light camera alert system. PhantomAlert is
a GPS unit that alerts drivers when they are approaching red light
cameras, speed cameras or old school police manned speed traps.
Portable and easy to operate, the GPS receiver is loaded with over
23,500 locations. When plugged into the car lighter, it alerts
motorists to slow down to avoid having their picture taken by a camera
and getting a $300 to $600 ticket in the mail a week later. Drivers who
already own a GPS unit like a Garmin or TomTom can download the
PhantomAlert database onto their own GPS system. So, whether used as a
stand-alone alert system or as a supplement to an existing GPS,
PhantomAlert is a terrific product, safe, legal and very affordable but
like all terrific products -- nobody can buy it if they don't know that
it is there.
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by Jim Bray
Whether high tech or low tech, there's a
gadget for just about every occasion these days. It seems that,
wherever there's a need perceived, there's an inventor who wants to
fill it.
Two car-related cases in point are the "non radar" radar detector
from PhantomAlert and the Rugged Roll Work Seat from Step2, two
decidedly different solutions to very different challenges, but both of
which are pretty cool ideas.
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Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 - 11:15 PM
By Angie Hissong
CENTRAL OHIO--Even the best drivers have been faced
with the split second decision of whether to stop when a light is
turning from yellow to red. You either, A—run through the light and
risk getting caught by a camera installed at the intersection (or a
real life police officer watching the light) or B—slam on the brakes
and hope no one rear ends you. Now motorists in North Texas and soon
across the nation can get help with that decision.
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Everybody's fed up with the high price of gas and probably sick of hearing about them. It doesn't seem like there's much we can do about the soaring prices, but maybe we can make our rides a little more enjoyable.
We all love our gadgets. As the technology keeps getting better and everything becomes smaller and smaller, more of these gadgets are finding their ways into our cars.
Here are some of the latest and coolest devices we can take on the road with us.
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Inforad's PhantomAlert spots speed traps and red-light cameras across the U.S. and Canada.
June 23, 2008 | by Rachel Cericola
I’ve had one ticket in my driving career. That’s one too many.
While the solution might be to just slow down, others might benefit more from the PhantomAlert system.
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Getting a speeding ticket on your vacation is the last thing you need to worry
about this summer, so a website called
PhantomAlert.com has compiled a speed trap database with over 3,400 locations
in the U.S. and Canada known to have red light cameras or speed camera detectors.
There are plenty of speed trap databases out there, but this one lets you download
all that data to your existing navigation system.
The data can be imported to Garmin, TomTom, Magellan, and other compatible devices
via a USB cord, so the next time you're in or around areas known to have speed
traps, your GPS unit will alert you with both visual and audio warnings. Users
are encourage to upload additional sites to keep the database and their GPS
device updated.
It looks like you can download the speed trap database for free, and use it
for free for one year. Afterwards, USA Today, says you have to pay $25 for an
annual subscription which probably includes free updates. If you don't have
a GPS unit, you can purchase one through the site and get
free updates for life that include alerts of new or deleted sites.
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