Get Real-Time Reports of Speed Traps? | Prince William Reckless Driving Attorney

It’s easier to just avoid speeding, but it’s always nice to know where you’re going to pass through a speed trap, area where speed limits change drastically, or red light camera.
Trapster.com is a web-based application that can help you do all those things—it can be especially handy for travel. This user-generated map shows speed traps, red light cameras etc, based on degree of certainty.

For example, if multiple users report a red light camera, it will appear as a red dot. If a report of a known enforcement point is “expired,” or has never been confirmed, it will show as a transparent dot.

Perhaps even more beneficial to travelers is that the map will point out “dangerous intersections”—i.e., intersections with high rate of accidents, where vision may be obscured, etc. Trapster also identifies school zones, residential areas, or anywhere else the speed limit may suddenly decrease or increase.

Trapster has been receiving national news attention lately for its mobile phone-based service. If you sign up on the website, you can enable your data phone to receive notifications when you approach a flagged area. The service also offers cell phone applications for Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Nokia N95/S69 smart phones, and iPhone.

Keep in mind that if you’re in an area that bans texting and driving, this also applies to using data services.

Accuracy of user-generated info and potential dangers of using a phone while driving aside, this is a service that is definitely beneficial in web-based form. Travelers or anyone new to an area can familiarize themselves with the traffic pitfalls like a local—without having to learn the hard way.

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