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Published April 22, 2008
On the rare opportunity that LA traffic actually breaks open, you deserve the opportunity to floor it.
Unfortunately, the fuzz generally frown upon speeding—and they're not afraid to tell you. Take matters
into your own hands and sniff out speed traps before it's too late with the mobile-networking technology
behind Trapster.
Think of Trapster like counting cards in blackjack—it's not illegal, but the powers-that-be certainly
don't like it. Sign up for a free account on the website and you can quickly program your phone, PDA or
other mobile device to provide an audio alert anytime you approach a red-light camera, live police trap,
speed-capturing camera or favorite cop hideout (like donut shops)...all submitted by a roving band of
irreverent devil-may-care motorists.
If you want to do some reporting of your own (you're all for paying it forward), just call the toll-free
number to tell Trapster about the lurking black-and-white you just busted behind the billboard on the
10.
And then, until the next alert, it's just you and the open road—and everyone else.