Avoid speeding by mistake with a GPS device
Platform : Pocket PC
Type: time limited demo
Manufacturer: tchart development
Size: 112
Rating: 4
Verdict:
Very useful for drivers
System Requirements:
Nothing special
Whatever the opinions of speeding laws, there are penalties to going over the
limit.
GPS
Speed Sentry from
tchart
development is a useful utility that warns if your speed gets close to, or
exceeds one of six limits.
The warnings are audible so there is no visual distraction from driving and
these can be customised if required. The measurement of speed can also be
changed between miles and kilometres.
Speed Sentry can also warn of speed cameras if the locations have been
imported into the software. It can accept standard
CSV
files for this information.
There is plenty of useful information on the screen including direction. The
location can be shown in several different formats including
Ordinance
Survey and eastings and northings in the UK. This could be invaluable when
calling for help during a breakdown.
It can track journeys, saving the route as a series of waypoints in various
formats including CSV and
Google
Earth.
Using this software does mean that the GPS cannot be used for route planning.
But if familiar journeys are more common than those dependent on directions,
this offers a way to keep using the GPS rather than leaving it in the glove box.