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Radar alert on Waze "speed jackson"

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brucine Posted messages 24453 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -

Hello,

I'm confused about the phrase "jackson?checkson?" when approaching a speed camera. Thank you.


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baladur13 Posted messages 47556 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   14 374
 

Hello,

The alert should be "Speed check zones" to indicate that you are entering a speed control area.

Very difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room.
Especially when it's not there...
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brucine Posted messages 24453 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   4 106
 

Hello,

It seems to me that there is a franglais ambiguity since everyone knows that the Anglo-Saxons have the precise location of speed cameras.

The sound alert varies depending on the type of camera; if I remember correctly, it is "average speed check zone" for a section speed camera and "speed cam ahead" for a fixed camera, and there are plenty of others:
https://www.waze.com/wiki/UnitedKingdom/Speed_Cameras#Cameras_that_should_be_mapped

But Waze may have replaced one with the other in France since there are only "danger zones".

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