Danger Zones; About Danger Zones; Crossing Into Another Area Or Country; Danger Zone Warnings - TomTom START User Manual

Danger Zones

About danger zones

The Danger Zones service warns you about danger zones on your route when you are in France.
Since 3rd January 2012, it has been illegal to receive warnings about the position of fixed or mobile
speed cameras when you are driving in France. To be compliant with this change in French law,
speed camera locations are no longer reported but instead areas of danger are indicated as danger
zones.
Important: Outside of France, you receive warnings about speed cameras. Inside France, you
receive warnings about danger zones. When you cross the border, the type of warning you receive
changes.
A danger zone is a zone specified by French law. The Danger Zones service warns you about danger
zones.
Danger zones may or may not contain one or more speed cameras or a range of other driving
hazards:
Specific locations are not available and a danger zone icon is shown instead as you approach the
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zone.
The minimum length of the zone depends on the road type and is 300 m for roads in built-up
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areas, 2000 m (2 km) for secondary roads and 4000 m (4 km) for motorways.
The location of one or more speed cameras, if any, can be at any point within the zone.
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If two danger zones are close to each other, the warnings can be merged into a single longer
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zone.
Information about the location of zones is continually updated by TomTom and other users.
Note: You cannot remove a danger zone.
Note: Your new TomTom START comes pre-loaded with zone locations. To keep these zones
up-to-date, connect your START to TomTom

Crossing into another area or country

When you drive into an area or country that does not permit speed camera warnings, your START
switches the speed cameras service off. You will not receive speed cameras warnings in those areas
or countries.
Some areas or countries permit limited speed camera warnings, for example only warnings for fixed
cameras, or warnings for risk zones. Your START automatically switches to give limited warnings
when you cross into those areas or countries.

Danger zone warnings

Warnings are given 10 seconds before you reach a danger zone. You are warned in several ways:
A symbol is shown in the route bar and on your route on the map.
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Your distance to the start of the zone is shown in the
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 You hear a warning sound as you get near the start of the zone.
While you are approaching a zone or driving in a zone, your speed is monitored. If you drive
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more than 5 km/h or 3 mph over the speed limit the route bar turns red. If you drive less than 5
km/h or 3 mph over the speed limit the route bar turns orange.
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