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5 - Why Road Sense?
Why Road Sense?

Road Sense Safety is:

  • Australia’s only comprehensive national map of safety locations
  • Contains the speed limit as well as the type of road safety hazard
  • Uses patented technology to only give you a warning in the direction of an approaching hazard
  • Collected by professional road survey geo-coding staff using Trimble® data encoders that have an accuracy down to less than a metre
  • The only commercially available map of road safety locations maintained and updated daily by dedicated GIS back-office staff
  • Not collected by hobbyists and enthusiasts;  Road Sense is always reliable and complete

Road Sense CRS includes driver safety locations and speed limits (speed restrictions) for:

  • School safety zones
    to warn you to slow down during school times on school days
  • Accident black spot areas
    to alert you of state authorities, motoring clubs and insurance company crash areas
  • Traffic safety cameras
    national coverage of:

    1. speed cameras
    2. red light cameras
    3. dual (red light and speed) cameras
    4. point to point (average area) speed cameras
    5. bus lane cameras
    6. mobile camera areas announced daily by WA, SA, NT and ACT government authorities
  • Country towns on major highways
    at town entry locations where the speed limits change from highway to urban speeds
  • Railway crossings
    alerts you as you approach to be aware of these dangerous areas

Road Angel Navigator 1000, 6000 & 7000 models are pre-loaded with Road Sense Core Road Safety (CRS) information.

Navigator 3000 models are pre-loaded with fixed speed safety camera information only - for the first time, this Road Sense Safety Speed Camera information now CAN be dynamically updated. Click here for further details.

NEW!! See Road Sense's LIVE TRAFFIC information online at myDrive.com.au or via SMS when you text 'SUBURB, STATE'  and SMS to 197 37483 (197 DRIVE). 

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