Google Maps: Trick displays practical function for motorists

In Germany, motorists at Google Maps have only specific functions to choose from.

• Motorists in Germany: High fines at speedimit violation since November 2021
• Google Maps: Display about the current permissible maximum speed is missing
• Google Maps: Simple trick shows the permissible maximum speed in Germany
• Velociraptor app shows motorists in Germany the permissible maximum speed
• Top speed at Google Maps: This is how the trick works in Germany
• Mobile Navi and Velociraptor app eating a lot of electricity - motorists should have Powerbank
• Blitzer in Germany: Motorists should definitely do so on these apps Unlike the Velociraptor app, so-called speed camera apps or Radar Warner, the motorists warn ahead of permanently installed and stationary lightning, forbidden by car ride in Germany. Discover the policemen a radar detector or a speed camera app in the car, threatens a fine of 75 euros as well as a point in Flensburg. Requirement, however, is that officials must prove that the program was used while driving. Category list picture: © Catherine Waibel / DPA; Collage: speed

Germany - Who traveled in this country by car and returns to navigation on Google Maps, must cope with limited radiopons. Because unlike the US, the app in Germany lacks a display for the currently permissible maximum speed.

Motorists in Germany: High fines at speedimit violation since November 2021

In cities and also on many highways, a certain permitted maximum speed is valid in Germany. If you exceed you, you have to expect high fines since last year. Because on the 9. November 2021 the new fine catalog came into force. The fines have sometimes doubled since then.

To avoid a high penalty, motorists in Germany should be better to always adopt the permitted maximum speed. By careless driving, however, it can happen that you drive faster than allowed. Or you are due to changed road conditions - for example at construction sites or on the highway - insecure how quickly you can drive. The same applies to unknown stretches.

Google Maps: Display about the current permissible maximum speed is missing

In such cases it can help to have an indication of the currently permitted maximum speed when navigating. But devices or apps do not have such a function. Anyone who uses about Google Maps for regular navigation is already determined that such a display is missing about the maximum speed allowed.

In the US, the function on Google Maps is just rolled up gradually, reported CHIP 365. In Germany, on the other hand, motorists still need to be able to cope without guarding and the street signs keep an eye on the road. When to count in this country with an introduction of the display on the permitted maximum speed is still unclear.

Google Maps: Simple trick shows the permissible maximum speed in Germany

If you do not wait so long and want to drive in Germany, you can rely on a trick and retrofit google maps independently. And that's not so complicated how you might think. But there is still a hook.

To display the currently allowed maximum speed, you need the app "Velociraptor". This is an application that displays car riders while driving all speed limits on the ph1. The problem: Velociraptor works in this form only on Android phones. For iPhones from the manufacturer Apple there are (yet) no alternative.

Velociraptor app shows motorists in Germany the permissible maximum speed

Due to the practical Android feature "Display Overlay", users can use helpful app functions as a window over other apps and do not have to change back and forth in this way. And that's exactly how it works Velociraptor: The free app will shut down the currently valid speed limit on Google Maps. There are two apps in parallel, so to speak.

Particularly practical, if you have no time to see on the phone Navi: Velociraptor warns motorists with a beep when the maximum speed is exceeded in road traffic.

Top speed at Google Maps: This is how the trick works in Germany

And that's how it works in practice: Motorists need the latest version of Google Maps. The described trick also works for other navigation systems. In addition, the Velociraptor app should be downloaded. She is free. Afterwards it must be started and the app statements are followed.

Important: Motorists must enable the display overlay for the app, otherwise the maximum speed allowed can not be displayed. Afterwards you have to grant the app the permission to the location determination.

In order to automatically run the display overlay when starting with Google Maps, the operating aid wizard must finally be activated. And then it can start.

Mobile Navi and Velociraptor app eating a lot of electricity - motorists should have Powerbank

If all steps have been performed correctly, motorists see a constant note about the currently permitted maximum speed while navigating. The associated icon can be customized and even completely hidden. The data about the speedimets gets Velociraptor from OpenStreetMap.

Attention: If you use a mobile phone navigation and in parallel the App Velociraptor has turned on, it must expect that the battery of the mobile phone goes much faster. So if you have to navigate a lot, you should always have a Powerbank. Or make sure the phone can be charged somewhere.

Blitzer in Germany: Motorists should definitely do so on these apps Unlike the Velociraptor app, so-called speed camera apps or Radar Warner, the motorists warn ahead of permanently installed and stationary lightning, forbidden by car ride in Germany. Discover the policemen a radar detector or a speed camera app in the car, threatens a fine of 75 euros as well as a point in Flensburg. Requirement, however, is that officials must prove that the program was used while driving. Category list picture: © Catherine Waibel / DPA; Collage: speed