Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


0

New Cell Service Warns of Speed Traps

Trapster helps motorists avoid tickets

Share

(Newser) – Motorists intent on avoiding tickets can now rely on a mobile phone service designed to warn them about radar traps and red-light cameras, the AP reports. Called Trapster, the service uses wireless Internet or a phone’s GPS capabilities to determine location, and gives users an alert if they are approaching a speed trap or camera.

Trapster’s database is improved by users, who can send markers for trouble spots with a few keystrokes. Developer Pete Tenereillo says his service doesn’t encourage reckless driving, as people who speed will do so regardless. Police officers aren’t concerned about the service, Tenereillo claims, because the warnings invariably encourage drivers to slow down.

A car drives beneath a mounted speed camera in this undated file photo.
A car drives beneath a mounted speed camera in this undated file photo.   (Shutterstock)
A North American policeman waits to catch speeding drivers with a radar gun in this undated file photo.
A North American policeman waits to catch speeding drivers with a radar gun in this undated file photo.   (Shutterstock)
A North American policeman waits to catch speeding drivers with a radar gun.
A North American policeman waits to catch speeding drivers with a radar gun.   (Shutterstock)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.23.09
Books Are Bad for You
11.20.09
The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun
0 comments
VIEWING:
 
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

20 Stories

90% Want to Outlaw Texting While Driving: Poll

Younger Americans slightly more tolerant, but 83% still in favor of ban

Sep 28, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - An overwhelming majority of Americans think texting while driving is such a bad idea it should be outlawed. A new poll finds that 90% of us support a ban; the most contrary demographic is, rather unsurprisingly, young'uns aged 18 to 29—though a robust 83% are in favor of a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cell phones • driving • ban • texting • opinion polls • mobile phones • outlaw

Traffic Tweets Send Mixed Messages

States send updates, but prohibit drivers
from reading them

Sep 19, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Safety experts complain that states are undermining their own no-texting-while-driving laws by offering motorists constant Twitter updates on traffic conditions, the AP reports. At least 22 states with laws that essentially ban drivers from using smartphones and similar devices behind the wheel provide such information, and, in some cases, readily... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cell phones • driving • smartphones • car safety • texting • Twitter

(Newser) - In 2003 a federal agency compiled hundreds of pages of research on the dangers of using cell phones while driving, but suppressed the findings because of pressure from Congress. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a part of the Transportation Department, also planned a long-term study of the risks of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cell phones • highway safety • Freedom of Information Act • driving • car safety • consumer advocacy • Department of Transportation • driver distraction

20 Stories


A modern-day equivalent of flashing the headlights
NewsOxy


Technology 
TwitterFollow @NewserTech on Twitter

 
cell phones • police • speeding • driving • radar gun • mobile services • hidden camera • speed traps • red-light cameras

from our news partners

CinemaBlend.com