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October 16, 2009

Red Light & Speed Camera Detector with Huge OLED Display is Probably For Serious Speeders

Whistler RLC-250 Light and Speed Camera Detector

Whistler's RCL-250 light and speed camera detector uses GPS to warn the driver of upcoming speed traps.

The device comes pre-loaded with a database of 6,000 known red light and speed camera locations. Database updates are issued monthly, and can be installed by connecting the detector to a PC (sorry, looks like no MacOS support).

An internal GPS receiver compares your location with the built-in database, and displays an alert on the large, 1.6-inch color OLED screen if you're in danger of approaching a red light camera or speed camera.

Comes with 1-year of free database updates, after which it'll cost you $19.95 per year. You can still use the device without an active subscription, but there's probably not much point if the database ceases to be current.

Hammacher Schlemmer is selling the device for $199.95. If you can wait a little while, it looks like Amazon is taking pre-orders for the exact same device for just $131.99.

Posted by Fletch on October 16, 2009 | Comments (1)