A simple setting can display the points where there are speed control cameras along your path.
The cameras and speed radars are becoming increasingly present on Greek roads, with drivers now having to be even more careful in their daily movements.
Of course, respect for speed limits is mandatory and is an essential condition for everyone's safety. However, even on a daily route, a momentary wasteland or downhill can lead the speedometer a little higher without realizing it immediately. With the new Communist Party providing for stricter sanctions, such carelessness can be very expensive.
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To reduce the chances of an unpleasant surprise, navigation applications now offer more and more real-time information. Thus, the driver may know what he is going to meet on his way and adjust his speed in time. One of them is TomTom Amigo, which works complementary to Google Maps and updates on speed radars located along the route.
This feature, which was missing for a long time from Google Maps, works through a overlapping widget that appears above the map. Corresponding updates offer for years other navigation applications, such as Waze, which at the same time It even shows the new cameras for red lights that have entered the streets of Athens.
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Driver needs to download the app from Google Play Store, open menu, press at three vertical dots at the bottom left of the screen and activate the «Cover Mode» Or Overlay Mode.
That way, a suspended window appears above Google Maps, updating the points where speed radar existsAt the same time, users can provide real-time information, pointing out cameras that have been detected and have not yet been registered in the TomTom system.
The function is available only on Android devices και όχι σε iPhone, ενώ η εταιρεία επισημαίνει ότι πρέπει να ενεργοποιείται απευθείας από το κινητό και όχι μέσω του συστήματος infotainment του αυτοκινήτου.
Για τη σωστή λειτουργία της απαιτείται, επίσης, η κατάλληλη ρύθμιση της συνθετικής ομιλίας και του Overlay Mode μέσα από το κινητό, ώστε οι σχετικές ειδοποιήσεις να εμφανίζονται και να ακούγονται κανονικά κατά τη διάρκεια της διαδρομής.
