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Good day all. Having gotten involved in the thread about the speeding fines in Spain I thought I'd post a seperate thread to tell you about a quite marvellous APP which tells you in real time where all the police speed traps are and where the Pegasus is. The Pegasus is the helicopter the police use to catch speeders fro the air.
It's called Social Drive and looks like the pictures below.
It uses location services so it will tell you about the various controls and speed traps in your general area.
I haven't played with it much yet but I do know where the pegasus is right now in Valencia and that there are at least 5 police radar cars in the are.
If you press the notification it will provide you with a google map location also.
HOWEVER, there are two flies in this elixir:
1) The APP is not available in the UK APP store. I had to change the country thereby changing the store in order to download it (my Apple ID is a UK store one, but it can be changed). For some of you it may be impossible to do. I had to put new credit card details but you can use a phone number (if you know someone in Spain) or a PAYPAL account. Once I'd downloaded it, I reverted back to my UK store.
Also, if you have any standing orders or payments due on your APPLE ID, like netflix etc, they will be terminated and on reversion they will have to be set up again.
2) the APP doesn't have the ability to change the language to English. However, it is pretty intuitive and I really don't think there will be much problem navigating your way around it.
So how useful will it be?
For those of us that live in Spain it's invaluable and easy enough to download and understand. For others, if you can be bothered to go through all the rigmarole, it might save you a few euros three years later when the fine comes through.
You can put it in travel mode so that it will track you and tell you about points around you.
Probably not any use whilst on the move but certainly worth a check when stopped for a comfort break for anything in the area. Especially the Pegasus!
Start from the bottom and work your way up to see the progression. I chose a notification, chose "ver Mapa" and it gave me the map, then I did the same for the Pegasus.
Easy.
It's called Social Drive and looks like the pictures below.
It uses location services so it will tell you about the various controls and speed traps in your general area.
I haven't played with it much yet but I do know where the pegasus is right now in Valencia and that there are at least 5 police radar cars in the are.
If you press the notification it will provide you with a google map location also.
HOWEVER, there are two flies in this elixir:
1) The APP is not available in the UK APP store. I had to change the country thereby changing the store in order to download it (my Apple ID is a UK store one, but it can be changed). For some of you it may be impossible to do. I had to put new credit card details but you can use a phone number (if you know someone in Spain) or a PAYPAL account. Once I'd downloaded it, I reverted back to my UK store.
Also, if you have any standing orders or payments due on your APPLE ID, like netflix etc, they will be terminated and on reversion they will have to be set up again.
2) the APP doesn't have the ability to change the language to English. However, it is pretty intuitive and I really don't think there will be much problem navigating your way around it.
So how useful will it be?
For those of us that live in Spain it's invaluable and easy enough to download and understand. For others, if you can be bothered to go through all the rigmarole, it might save you a few euros three years later when the fine comes through.
You can put it in travel mode so that it will track you and tell you about points around you.
Probably not any use whilst on the move but certainly worth a check when stopped for a comfort break for anything in the area. Especially the Pegasus!
Start from the bottom and work your way up to see the progression. I chose a notification, chose "ver Mapa" and it gave me the map, then I did the same for the Pegasus.
Easy.