Pogo Legality Confirmed - Update...

Press Release (from Blackspot - Pogo manufacturer)
Apr 2005

The well publicised "Road Safety Bill" has been dropped for 2005, as parliament has now been dissolved for the general election, leaving all unread bills rejected. This bill was dropped on the 11th April 2005 as shown on the following site; http://www.politics.co.uk/legislationitempage.aspx?menuindex=430010609&itemid=7197862

So where does that leave us now ?
Pogo remains totally unchanged and 100% legal .

With a possible change of government in the general election, the bill may or may not re-surface in 2006 when Parliament reconvenes and again may or may not be heard or progressed even if it does. Even if the bill is progressed in 2006, the process then starts to debate publicly and privately what technologies they intend to ban, with that process expected to take a further 12 months. If agreed, it would then take a further 6 months to become law, so the Department for Transport would not implement any such changes until late 2007, if at all.

What did the "Road safety Bill" aim to achieve before being dropped ?

The primary focus of the bill was to ban Laser Jammers, as these units prevent the police getting a speed on your vehicle. This is not part of the Pogo product. They also intend to ban Radar detectors, again very different to the Pogo product. Radar detectors were proposed for a ban as they can determine which cameras are live and which are not, effectively allowing the user to speed through inactive cameras, working against the reason for having the safety camera installed at that location, "Reducing Speed". In this scenario, Pogo will remain unchanged and fully legal in it's current format as it does not include either of these functions.

If in the future, passive laser detection was banned, which some models of Pogo includes, All Pogo products remain 100% legal, but may require minor adjustments. Classic Pogo would require the laser alert to be disconnected from the unit, making the Pogo 100% legal. On the New Pogo, the laser alert is integrated, but can be disabled on the unit by the owner, a firmware upgrade can be sent via e-mail to remove that functionality, again making the unit 100% legal.

Today, no action is required as Laser Alert is 100% legal

GPS Camera locators like Pogo were not under review in the 2005 bill and this was confirmed in writing from the Department for Transport. The government fully understands and accepts the safety benefits of GPS based safety alert systems, as documented in the dropped Road Safety Bill. Products like Pogo warns of areas of danger advising user to reduce speed and be aware of potential danger, which supports perfectly what safety camera aim to achieve.

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