U.K. Speed Camera Warning

[Roy W.]

Can anyone tell me does the Tesla navigation system offer speed camera warnings in the U.K.?

 

[Rluner]

Sorry to say, no it doesn’t.

 

[Yev000]

Google maps do this now, so I imagine it's not too far behind.

Same it doesn't have android auto

 

[james_power]

Tesla Waze is a fairly good alternative (uses in car browser)

Tesla Traffic Incidents and Information

 

[WannabeOwner]

I use Waze on my phone - provides all the Police / Broken down vehicle / Roadworks / etc. alerts, and seems to know about new road / bypasses etc. as soon as they are open, and very good traffic / delay rerouting.

 

[Roy W.]

It just seems a bit daft to me when the car has an always-on connection. TomTom have been doing this for years, I just thought Tesla might have been ahead of the game.

 

[WannabeOwner]

It just seems a bit daft to me when the car has an always-on connection.

Yup, agreed, but whilst the traffic data on Tesla SatNav is good, Waze is better. And Tesla only has Traffic, not breakdowns, Roadworks, Police, Potholes and a bunch of other stuff. I figure no point having the 90% data solution if a 99% solution is available.

Quite possibly Google Maps / another is better still, I've been too lazy to compare them. I am doubtful that TomTom is better in this regard (Waze is crowd sourced and "free" so has plenty of crowd source data - I'm often surprised how many other Wazers are about on the rural roads that I travel on ...)

 

[Baldrick]

My thoughts are to probably run Waze in parallel with the in built SatNav. Or at least having it running on a phone giving me warnings of Speed Cameras/accidents/potholes via audio.

 

[zayn]

My thoughts is to probably run Waze in parallel with the in built SatNav. Or at least having it running on a phone giving me warnings of Speed Cameras/accidents/potholes via audio.

This maybe the only option for now. With my current Audi S4 and its VC I also did not have an option for speed cam warning but there is a third party add on from speed camera database which allows you to add in as a option via USB so it overlays over the google mapping. Not sure if you can do that in the Tesla Model 3

▷ Audi A4 B9 MMI Navigation plus MMI touch (4G) update. Speedcam for your maps. Download update. Free custom download.

 

[WannabeOwner]

which allows you to add in as a option via USB

(I presume that's a fixed database rather than a real-time USB "device"?) Waze is real time so someone sees a police car, presses the "I aw a police car" button and all other cars approaching that point get the warning (along with a Tick/Cross so Waze figures that people confirming it means it is still there, and then a bunch of [x] clicks means "its gone"

Not perfect - increasing the "alert distance" for Police is a frequently requested change that has not been implemented, and the alert distance is short for a laser (but you can check the road-ahead-summary to see how far ahead each "obstacle" is)

 

[AnthonyLR]

I find it strange that Tesla does not have traffic camera warnings. I have a loaner Lexus UX at the moment while my wife's car is serviced and this has traffic camera warnings. Very unlike Tesla.

 

[bhav]

I find it strange that Tesla does not have traffic camera warnings. I have a loaner Lexus UX at the moment while my wife's car is serviced and this has traffic camera warnings. Very unlike Tesla.

I think it's because it's expressly illegal in some countries. So it requires tailoring for certain markets which probably isn't a priority.

Am hoping they add it though.

 

[MaDProFF]

It is one of my little niggles, (actually quite a big niggle) other cars have it.

Although now Germany have banned speed camera alerts as well like France

 

[AnthonyLR]

I’m sure Tesla could toggle it on or off depending on Country

 

[M3noob]

It is one of my little niggles, (actually quite a big niggle) other cars have it.

Although now Germany have banned speed camera alerts as well like France

On my TomTom I get attentionn warnings in France, but they are not called speed camera warnings

And often they are warning of nothing visible???

 

[MaDProFF]

Same as me on my motor bike Tomtom, they tend to give you an area, not an actual position. Would be interesting though if you got stopped, and saw your Tomtom if they would prosecute, not heard of anyone being prosecuted for it so far.

 

[ChickenDipper]

It’s be nice if you could subscribe or upload to user POIs somehow, then at least it gives the owners a chance to get this functionality via other routes.

 

[Neilman]

There is an outfit called Pocket GPS World I used to subscribe (£20pa) many years ago that provide regular lists for all sorts of Sat Navs and it looks like they have something for IOS and Android too.
They're still about and still active.
Apparently if you find a new unlisted speed camera and upload it's location you can win a years subscription.