Built a BC driving app that warns you about red-light/speed cameras only when you’re actually approaching them — looking for feedback
Hey everyone,
I’m a Vancouver-based engineer and I’ve been working on a small side project called RoadCue.
The idea came from driving around the Lower Mainland and noticing that a lot of camera alert apps are either overloaded with features or give alerts for cameras that aren’t actually relevant to you — for example, a camera behind you or on another road nearby.
RoadCue is intentionally pretty simple. You start driving mode, leave it running in the background, and it gives you an audio alert when you’re actually approaching a red-light or speed camera.
I’m using official government/municipal camera data where available, and the matching is done on-device using your location + direction of travel. There’s no account, no ads, and I’m trying to keep the app focused rather than turn it into another navigation app.
I currently have an iOS MVP running through TestFlight and I’m working on expanding the camera database beyond BC.
Website: roadcue.ca
I’d genuinely like feedback from other local founders/builders:
Does the problem make sense to you?
Would you actually use something like this alongside Google Maps/Waze?
What would make you pay for it, if anything?
Is there anything about the concept that you think I’m getting completely wrong?
I’m still early enough that critical feedback is much more useful to me than compliments.