I vibe coded this simple widget to show me when the next heat game is, and give live scores during the game. All the times are in my local time, Melbourne Australia

With developer beta builds allowing custom ⁠WidgetKit⁠ candidates to be added directly to the Apple CarPlay widget stack, I’ve been experimenting with what we can build using Scriptable.

Currently testing a custom Speed Trap & Flock ALPR Radar widget running on the CarPlay Dashboard.

How it works & Data Sources:
Data Source: Pulls directly from OpenStreetMap (OSM) using a lightweight, direct bounding-box query via the Overpass API (specifically querying nodes tagged ⁠highway=speed_camera⁠ and ⁠surveillance:type=ALPR⁠).
Execution: Runs locally on-device via Scriptable, calculating your real-time distance (in miles) to mapped cameras within a 2-mile radius and updating the threat status card (Clear / Caution / High Alert).

Timeout Protections: Optimized with ⁠Location.setAccuracyToHundredMeters()⁠ and low-latency network timeouts (⁠req.timeoutInterval = 3⁠) to ensure the background execution finishes well under iOS's 10-second widget refresh limit.
Currently testing to see how reliably iOS handles background location triggers and widget refresh rates while actively driving.

Has anyone else been experimenting CarPlay?