Presentation

FoxyTag is a free, legal and collaborative system to signal speed cameras on mobile phones. Fixed and mobile cameras will launch an alarm 15 seconds before the critical point. If you participate by signaling new cameras or by confirming existing ones, you create trust links with the other users and benefit from more reliable information. This collaborative model makes that FoxyTag is today the most complete and up to date speed camera database in the world.

FoxyTag motivates neither speeding nor any other risky behavior, but allows the driver to concentrate on the road instead of having is eyes fixed on the speedometer, by fear of being flashed. We observe that drivers tend to brake suddenly when they see a speed camera (even if they are not speeding), which can provoke traffic jams or even accidents (chain collisions or slidings, like in this video). FoxyTag signals in advance the presence of speed cameras, so that the driver has enough time to check his speed and adapt it if necessary.

News:

• 08.06.2009: World - More and more reports show that red light cameras are responsible of many accidents. List
• 06.06.2009: USA - Traffic cameras cause serious accidents. Article
• 05.06.2009: Singapore - Red light camera causes serious accidents. Article
• 03.06.2009: USA - Woman airlifted after red-light camera crash. Article
• 30.05.2009: The Netherlands - 9298 bogus speed camera tickets refunded in The Netherlands. Article
• 19.03.2009: UK - Collisions increased at some speed camera sites, bosses reveal. Article
• 11.03.2009: Canada - Flashing lights to signal speed cameras is legal. Article
• 15.02.2009: Australia - Gold Coast speed camera racks up $12,000 an hour. Article
• 01.02.2009: UK - Huge rise in speed cameras. Article
• 19.01.2009: UK - Driver beats speed fine by proving old runabout can't go that fast. Article
• 20.12.2008: UK - Almost three-quarters of UK drivers admit to regularly speeding. Article
• 08.11.2008: USA - Ohio: Anti-camera voter referendum push expands. Article
• 27.10.2008: UK - Swindon removes all its speed cameras, since they are inefficient. Article
• 01.10.2008: UK - Speed cameras challenge on hold. Article
• 08.09.2008: UK - British Police using high-tech helicopters to catch speeders. Article
• 28.07.2008: UK - Cameras record you, whether you are speeding or not. Article
• 11.06.2008: Australia - Cameras no deterrent to speeding, say drivers. Article
• 01.05.2008: UK - Road safety focus is shifting from cameras to speed alerts. Article
• 04.04.2008: USA - Louisiana: Speed camera manager caught with speed detector. Article
• 15.03.2008: UK - Courts impose heavy sentences on motorcyclists accused of showing disrespect toward a speed camera. Article