I have a great idea... how do I do it?

I suppose you could mark it as destination and them when you get close, the NAV lady will tell you that you are close to home.

( what we all need is a way to download different voices and assign them to different things...

I can just hear 'Mr T" telling you:

'Yo, slow down foooll!!!"

 

That is similar to the trams running around Atlanta's airport..

"the train will depart in ___minutes, please step away from the doors..."

 

Has anyone experimented with setting a location's "icon" to the "bell" type. I can't remember if that's what it's called, but the 3rd page of icons was special somehow. Haven't had a chance to play with this myself.

 

Unless the speedtrap involves the use of a timing system between 2 or more points, get a radar detector.

Besides, you get better mileage if you're going a little slower.

Sorry to hear about your ticket.

 

About radar detectors.

I thought of a device and wondered if it exists.
I hate the look of a radar detector. The black curley cable and the silly box suctioned cupped to the windshield.

Do they make something you can mount in your grill/front of car and have the head unit mount somewhere on your dash? That way it doesn't LOOK like you have one if you get pulled over. Also you just have some small display that isn't as obtrusive as the whole detector.

 

Yes, check out Valentine One and Viper.

There are others available as well.

Google 'remote mount radar detector'

I saw one installed in a new 944 back in 1985; the installation was clean but I can't vouch for its efficacy. Also, be advised that the mere possession and use of a detector is illegal in some states.

Now, from my Nanny side, the person who was not paying enough attention to where they are driving to note a 25MPH zone and an admitted known 'speed trap' in their OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, probably would not notice their detector alarm or NAV ding/donging...

<soapbox mode off>

 

You can get remote mounted detectors and mount the display in an unobstrutive location in the car. I'm sorry but I don't remember what brands offfer that type of option.

Keep in mind that police now have radar detector detectors available which will tell them you have a detector on board no matter how well you have it hidden in the car.

 

I found these 3 (there are many, many more others)


http://www.k40.com/Products/Radar/Undetect...DualRemote.html

http://www.beltronics.com/vectorlrremote.html

http://www.radarscramblers.com/products_2.htm


As always, YMMV and the bail is always higher on new cars;-)

 

I am sorry that you took offense to some honest comments on what you posted yourself. I am not sorry that you were caught what, once out of how many times you endangered children and others by not paying enough attention to note police presence (Yeah, those big Crown Victorias are really stealthy, are'nt they)

In the future, if you do not wish to have your errors pointed out, just ask a question without maing your sin appear to be a blessing.

My biggest problem in my 25MPH posted neighborhood is TAILGATERS who feel that I am illegal for driving the posted RESIDENTIAL (READ KIDS AND DOGS RUN IN TO THE STREET HERE) because they must assume it is their given right to speed.

I pointed out some fixes and true, I could not resist what I though was a friendly jibe at whether warning devices would really help. Guilty. Trust me, I am kind. When I was 16, a cop threw a piece of wood at me in my car to get me to slow down from 30-32MPH in a 25 zone...

So, from one Michigander to another, have a nice life and please slow down to below the sound barrier if you ever get to Ramona, California.

 

sweet thanks for the info guys.

 

No problem

Hey, stick around...it can only get better from here, right;-)

Where in Michigan are you? I was born and raised in Grand Rapids/Wyoming, and later Kalamazoo/Portage. What are gas prices there?

 

Just to lighten the mood here, several years ago I was waiting in court to be heard on a speeding ticket. Radar detectors are illegal in Virginia, and one of the earlier cases that morning was a guy who got caught using one by an officer with a radar detector detector. The defendant testified that he was not guilty because his radar detector was inoperable. The prosecutor asked him how he knew that, and the defendant answered, "Because it didn't go off when the officer drove by."

P.S. My ticket was dismissed.

 

Am I missing something? Who was rude? I see MSWheeler's original post was deleted, but I can surmise the topic of that post based on the remaining posts. Nothing seems uncalled for, even with the missing opening post.

 

You can add an auditory icon for that exact GPS position. Mark that position, add it to your memory point, and give it an audio attribute. Of course for it to ding, NAV has to be active. If you haven't yet pressed "I Agree" for your current trip, you have NO neat NAV functions, including the calendar reminders, or the maintenance reminders.