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Press release. Police in most countries are expanding the use of hi-tech speed cameras. BoBCam’s job is to remember the locations of these speed cameras in order to warn drivers before encountering them.

Average speed enforcement systems (SPECS) use linked cameras that cover a length of road. They are used to control speeds by calculating the average speed of a vehicle from the time it takes to pass between pairs of safety cameras. Average speed cameras can be used as a temporary measure during road works so their position can change.

BoBCam, a new and free Android application warns its users before encountering speed cameras, red light cameras, average speed cameras and even police traps. But when the driver is in an average speed section the application shows the remaining distance and the speed he should do to stay under the average speed limit. If the user is under the speed limit then the speed limit for the section will be displayed in green. However if the driver’s average speed if higher than the limit the recommended speed will be red and re-calculated every second so the user can adapt his speed accordingly.

BoBCam uses the worldwide FoxyTag database which is already used by many other systems and with a growing number of users. The application can be used offline as it has an updatable database containing 40’000 speed cameras worldwide. If the phone has a network access the application will use the FoxyTag server to get more reliable information. It is possible to tag new speed cameras by marking the spot as having a camera. Users can confirm speed cameras but they can also remove a speed camera that doesn’t exist anymore.

FoxyTag’s collaborative model makes it the most complete and up-to-date speed camera database in the world. FoxyTag motivates neither speeding nor any other risky behaviour, but allows the driver to concentrate on the road and not on his speedometer for fear of being flashed.

BobCam in action

For more information please visit:

http://www.foxytag.com
http://market.android.com

– Foxy

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