New Service Maps Speed Traps By Cell Phone

esocid writes "In a modern equivalent of flashing your headlights to warn other motorists of police speed traps, you can now warn fellow drivers with a cell phone or personal digital assistant about speed traps, red-light cameras, and other threats to ticket-free driving. And as you approach a known threat, you'll get an audio alert on your mobile device. The developer of Trapster, Pete Tenereillo, said the system, which requires punching in a few keys such as '#1' to submit information to Trapster's database, should comply with laws banning talking on cell phones. The free service can automatically detect location using mobile devices' GPS capabilities or tap their Wi-Fi and get location from a database run by Skyhook Wireless. Police officials that Tenereillo has talked to haven't complained about the service because it inevitably encourages drivers to slow down."

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Re:Sigh

[spun]

You are so right, I've seen this over and over in this type of discussion. It becomes a flamefest between selfish assholes defending their God-given right to be selfish assholes, and the rest of us, who are so irate from having to deal with these idiots every commute that we can't think clearly about the topic.

Here's a thought: how about all you selfish pricks shut the hell up and start driving as if there were other people on the road?