Police warning system (not radar detector). Please read.

cor0na3xtra · 09-29-2008, 01:10 PM

Hey everyone,

I have found a program for my phone called "Trapster." I have a Blackberry, and I am not sure what other phones it works on. What it does is you download it to your phone, and it is a program that tells you if there are any police sightings in your area or in your direction of travel. The only thing is, it is a user upload based system. So it wont work if nobody uses it! I am trying to spread the word about it so we can all drive like we want too and help each other avoid tickets. Best of all, its free.

Here: http://www.trapster.com/index.php

Tell your friends about it, because I think of it gets going and working well, it could be a great asset to all of our driving habits!

Let me know what yall think.

noro · 09-29-2008, 01:12 PM

I had this idea about 10 years ago.. I don't want to burst your bubble but it will not work.

cor0na3xtra · 09-29-2008, 01:17 PM

That was ten years ago! Technology has improved! haha

we might as well give it a try. . .

kyleb350 · 09-29-2008, 03:32 PM

Sounds like the novelty would wear off fast, and people who spotted police would be too lazy to open the app and report it.

I remember the good 'ol days of CB radios. "Breaker 1-9er. Y'all seen any bears on 94 north of exit 330?"

GregL · 09-29-2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by kyleb350

Sounds like the novelty would wear off fast, and people who spotted police would be too lazy to open the app and report it.

People are good enough to report gas prices on the specialty websites, so this *may* gather enough interest to work.

snypaz · 09-29-2008, 03:51 PM

Really inconvenient, probably better to spend some money on a detector and jammer.

If this were to pick up and get really popular, what's to stop the police from using it and just hiding in the spots that aren't listed yet and catching all the idiots speeding

roadkillrob · 09-29-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by cor0na3xtra

That was ten years ago! Technology has improved! haha

we might as well give it a try. . .

The users haven't improved though and that was the issue originally!

iheartsole · 09-29-2008, 04:02 PM

yeah i doubt that will. just like any radar device. it only helps ,but its not that accurate. even if its the most expensive one.

exo-ak-dk · 09-29-2008, 04:02 PM

there many softwares like this!

Hoothout · 09-29-2008, 04:10 PM

i actully tried this... epic fail

Balthazar_B · 09-29-2008, 06:13 PM

It will work when it evolves to the point that a driver can just speak a phrase like "radar gun" and have his car beam his GPS-based position back to a central database. Wouldn't be surprised to see someone like TomTom or Dash figure this out in the next couple of years to augment their traffic conditions databases.

Kylekuu · 09-29-2008, 06:19 PM

sure hope people won't drive and report it on their blackberries at the same time, not all drivers can multitask

simp0man · 09-29-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by noro

I had this idea about 10 years ago.. I don't want to burst your bubble but it will not work.

We've come a long way from smoke signals so I think communication system is much better now.

BMWFM · 09-29-2008, 09:55 PM

Works in Europe where radar detectors are illegal.

FM

KkSc · 09-29-2008, 11:44 PM

great idea..but i don't think it will work though!!~

XYR03 · 09-30-2008, 12:02 AM

sweet! but the only people that'll be using is from here and we live in different parts of the world. lol

trixman · 10-01-2008, 09:58 AM

Surely this is a perfect app for the 3G Iphone? A simple click to report position and it would upload based on gps co-ordinates? The app would run and download locations constantly

noire07 · 01-28-2009, 10:50 PM

just wanted to give this a bump.
more users = more effective! available for iphone, blackberry, nokia

DPritchett · 02-06-2009, 01:35 PM

Trapster is available on the Dash GPS (but Dash no longer makes the hardware device). There are several data points available (red light cameras, police sightings, just along route or general area, etc.) , including historic and live data.

The drawback is that the data doesn't show on the gps map automatically... you have to use the menu to check it, and that requires more multi-tasking than many people are comfortable with when driving at a speeds that require concern about hidden police cars.

If you could get data to show on a gps map w/o additional user intervention, you would really have something though.

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kyleb350 Brigadier General 424 Rep 4,709 Posts Drives: '21 X3MC Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Milwaukee iTrader: (6)	Sounds like the novelty would wear off fast, and people who spotted police would be too lazy to open the app and report it. I remember the good 'ol days of CB radios. "Breaker 1-9er. Y'all seen any bears on 94 north of exit 330?"
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snypaz Private 0 Rep 80 Posts Drives: NA E90 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle iTrader: (4)	Really inconvenient, probably better to spend some money on a detector and jammer. If this were to pick up and get really popular, what's to stop the police from using it and just hiding in the spots that aren't listed yet and catching all the idiots speeding
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iheartsole Brigadier General 85 Rep 4,929 Posts Drives: 08 335i coupe Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Diego iTrader: (2)	yeah i doubt that will. just like any radar device. it only helps ,but its not that accurate. even if its the most expensive one.
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exo-ak-dk Black Magic Wheels - BMW 36 Rep 1,090 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Denmark iTrader: (0)	there many softwares like this!
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Balthazar_B Private First Class 4 Rep 183 Posts Drives: Fast Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California iTrader: (0)	It will work when it evolves to the point that a driver can just speak a phrase like "radar gun" and have his car beam his GPS-based position back to a central database. Wouldn't be surprised to see someone like TomTom or Dash figure this out in the next couple of years to augment their traffic conditions databases.
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Kylekuu Captain 30 Rep 679 Posts Drives: 08 328xi, 84 318i Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kenosha, WI iTrader: (0)	sure hope people won't drive and report it on their blackberries at the same time, not all drivers can multitask
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