In the Western world, especially the United States and Great Britain the use of speed cameras has become a very popular way for local governments to both enforce speed laws and generate income. The problem is that the income they are generating can come from your bank account and speeding tickets always cost more than the ticket when you consider work time lost and possibly increased insurance rates. The main problem with these speed cameras is that there is no flexibility. One mile per hour over the limit at 3 AM will get you a ticket. Since it is unlikely that this one mile an hour will make any difference, this inflexibility seems to be a great deal like the ticket “quotas” which required officers to write a certain amount of tickets whether or not they actually saw real laws being broken.

If you want to defend yourself against this problem speed camera detectors is a great way to start. Speed camera detectors have been designed to deal with all three types of speed cameras. These cameras work in different manners and a radar detector must be able deal each manner. Many detectors can detect laser and radar bursts and also have GPS which has a list of all the known locations for speed cameras. Most of these cameras can detect mobile cameras.

There are many people, mostly in law enforcement and the criminal justice systems, who want to make these devices illegal. The problem is that the primary purpose of these devices is to warn you when your speed exceeds the legal limit before it warn of a speed camera. The prices of these devices is very reasonable, especially when you consider that the average speeding ticket can cost about $200, which is about what a decent detector will cost you and you will not have to worry about court dates and getting points.