Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 2 Location: New York Metro
Seeking GPS with Speed Alert Feature Wed May 14, 2008 7:12 pm
I'm buying GPS for my spouse and want to make sure that I can retire from my "job" of alerting when we're driving above a certain speed on the highways . Basically, if the speed limit is 65, I want a sound alert if we're going above 73 (for example).
The only other features that I require are voice, US & Canada maps, and points of interest. I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive GPS, definitely 250 or below.
Re: Seeking GPS with Speed Alert Feature Wed May 14, 2008 10:07 pm
buyingpresent wrote:
I'm buying GPS for my spouse and want to make sure that I can retire from my "job" of alerting when we're driving above a certain speed on the highways . Basically, if the speed limit is 65, I want a sound alert if we're going above 73 (for example).
The only other features that I require are voice, US & Canada maps, and points of interest. I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive GPS, definitely 250 or below.
I don't know of any that offers it for all roads. The newer Nuvi 700 series, TomTom 730/930, and the navigon models currently offer it for most major highways.
The nuvi 700's have nearly every road marked with speed limit, probably 90% coverage or better here. But they don't (currently) allow for an audible alert. I seldom see the speed posted on TomTom's,never on local roads, but they do allow for an audible warning.
Tim, I assume that's with the new 09 (?) map. On the previous map, speed limits only appeared on the major highways. Perhaps a new thread on how often speed limits appear n other areas of the country with inew maps on the nuvi 700 series. I suspect it's often.
Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 2 Location: New York Metro
Clarification Thu May 15, 2008 11:44 pm
Thanks for all the responses.
To clarify - I don't need the GPS to tell me the speed limit - I'm happy to set the max speed myself as long as it can sound an alert when the max speed is exceeded.
Yes, the TomTom even has a mode that I really enjoy (but nobody else seems to) where if you are traveling above a certain speed the "next turn icon" will go into full screen mode and the moving map will disappear. I set the speed at which that happens to about 60mph. Then, whenever I'm on the interstate, the moving map disappears (I find it to be distracting on those boring stretches of interstate) and the next turn icon goes into full screen clearly showing the next maneuver and distance to it.
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. Basically, if the speed limit is 65, I want a sound alert if we're going above 73 (for example).
