Drive-Smart GPS Safety Camera Detector & Datalogger

DriveSmart · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 60

I have no idea but the rest of the world can see everything clearly and dowload the video's. :D

technik · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Browser

DriveSmart · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 60

http://www.drive-smart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=82
This gives you some idea of size and fitment.
http://www.drive-smart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=340
This has a nice picture of the LCD working.

technik · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject:

Thanks.

It is bigger than my Road Angel mark1.

DriveSmart · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 60

Yes and its got the largest easy to read LCD screen of any system 8.5X2.5CM. :D

DPL · Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:

Off the back of the PGPSW comments on the DS, together with all the information I soaked up from their website forum, I took the plunge and bought a DS a week ago. Initial thoughts? A great piece of kit! :D The hardware looks professional and well made, the software works and is impressive in its breadth of ability and the technical back up through email or their forum is, quite simply, like nothing I've experienced anywhere else. The price too is very reasonable.
I've used their forum a few times already and every question I've asked so far has been answered within 5 minutes by DS themselves, regardless of the time of day. :D
The DS is user configuarable for warnings, speeds, display, almost everything in fact.........it's relatively simple to set up to suit your own tastes and if what you want isn't there DS seem very responsive to considering your ideas as an update.
For those of you thinking of a radar detector, take a very very close look at the DS. :D :D :D
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Darren · Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:39 pm Post subject:

I'm always wary of enthusing about a product too much as readers may think I'm being biased for some reason. We have always strived to be an impartial review site and pride ourselves on maintaining that.

However, I LOVE the DS! It's big, it's not sexy, it's not polished and doesn't have Tiff Needell's endorsement (thank god!) but it is excellent and does a far better job than anything else. The DS team are enthusiastic, open and welcome suggestions to improve it. It makes my car look like a taxi or an unmarked police car (looks like a Tracker receiver!) but it's the Durex of driving licence protection and I won't go anywhere without it now. I Highly recommend it. I'm waiting for Richard Brunstrom to call for it to be banned!

DS will be at the Basingstoke show and you can see for yourself, they're not hiding behind flash advertising campaigns and will happily show you what it can do.
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mikealder · Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject:

Looking forwards to having a look at this bit of kit, will it be for sale at the show or not? - as a secondary note have you had a read of todays (Sat 15/10/05) Daily Mail, it contains a lengthy artical on the Laser cams and questioning there capability. Mike

Darren · Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:36 pm Post subject:

DriveSmart · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 60

Yes we will have all the Drivesmart products for sale with us and also some really interesting bits on show,The development team will also be attending if you have any technical questions. :D
The Daily Mail article was refering to the BBC inside out documentary that was on a while ago.
Here is a link to the video of it on our forum:
http://www.drive-smart.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=123

mikealder · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:09 am Post subject:

What is the exact legal aspect as to using one of these fitted with the laser emitters, the ownership of an active jammer that uses Radar is illegal - let alone the use of it. So IS the law different with respect to Laser -
One other thing I would like is a recording system with the capacity to retain around three weeks of data (CF slot, Lat, Long, Speed, Time and Date) - this data could then be used to "challenge" the police data in the possible chance there camera is mis-reporting the users speed, hence the three week capacity. I currently use a HDD on the cars PC for this function - So far I have not needed it but you never know - Mike

jaskel · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:54 am Post subject:

I have been testing this unit in Australia guys, and it is an awsome GPS, there is nothing here at the moment that comes close to this.

I reccommend it to anyone WORLDWIDE!!!!!

More video swill be coming shortly, ive just switched cars so I am waiting to install the pulse master in the new car.

DriveSmart · Regular Visitor Joined: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 60

Yes the Drivesmart POI system stores the Long/Lat type of camera(i.e Gatso,Truvelo,Safety van etc) the direction(vector) and the date and time!
If you can think
The blackbox data logger stores the same as well.
And both of these can be easily extracted with the Drivesmart PC software.
You are confusing Laser with Radar,The Drivesmart system only detects laser,camera locations etc are detected via GPS co-ordinates.
We have a laser diffuser system coming out soon and this wil be stand alone system to start with.

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