Law enforcement agencies across the country have been using the latest technology to detect and stop speeders for years. Now the technology is catching up to motorists attempting to keep away from tickets. The free app Trapster notifies users of impending road dangers and speed traps. Recently, Trapster, in conjunction with CNBC, released its list of the ten cities with the most speed traps.
Ticket fines add up
In the United States, there are about 100,000 tickets handed out every single day by United States police officers. Every year, that is about $6 billion in fines that comes in.
Trapster is an online community of 15 million motorists who report driving dangers and the presence of law enforcement in their local communities in order to help other motorists.
Expected top cities
New York City is at the top of the list, which is no surprise considering there are so many red-light cameras, law enforcement officials around and driving challenges around there. Los Angeles, California is the second on the list, which makes sense since it is a similar environment.
Two in Texas
Texas is known for not fooling around with regards to law enforcement. That rules applies to the state's highways as well, apparently. It is the only state whose cities appear twice on the list. Houston earned the No. 3 spot for speed traps in the country. Austin came in at No. 10.
Four and five
Number four and number five were given to Las Vegas and Washington, DC. Vegas got the spot because it has activities all night and all day long. AOL Auto points out that there are 349 red-light cameras in DC attributed to its spot:
"(It's) pretty hard to speed in one of the most congested cities in America, but rushing through yellow lights that turn red before you get across the intersection is a big source of city revenue."
Next few
The rest of the list included, in order, St. Louis, Orlando, Chicago and Colorado Springs.
Trapster legality
Some might question the legality of Trapster using its online presence to warn motorists of a law enforcement presence. A recent news report in Ottumwa, Iowa - in which local law enforcement was asked it if was illegal to warn other motorists of an impending speed trap by flashing vehicle lights - could shed some light.
Kevin Ward is the Ottumwa Police Sergeant. This is what he said:
"It could depend on what their intentions are, if they know that they're trying to do something that would interfere with what the officer is doing, they could. But once again, it's proving what their intent is."
Right now, the issue has not been taken to court. Until it has been, you can go to speedtrap.org to find speed traps with your area.
Ticket fines add up
In the United States, there are about 100,000 tickets handed out every single day by United States police officers. Every year, that is about $6 billion in fines that comes in.
Trapster is an online community of 15 million motorists who report driving dangers and the presence of law enforcement in their local communities in order to help other motorists.
Expected top cities
New York City is at the top of the list, which is no surprise considering there are so many red-light cameras, law enforcement officials around and driving challenges around there. Los Angeles, California is the second on the list, which makes sense since it is a similar environment.
Two in Texas
Texas is known for not fooling around with regards to law enforcement. That rules applies to the state's highways as well, apparently. It is the only state whose cities appear twice on the list. Houston earned the No. 3 spot for speed traps in the country. Austin came in at No. 10.
Four and five
Number four and number five were given to Las Vegas and Washington, DC. Vegas got the spot because it has activities all night and all day long. AOL Auto points out that there are 349 red-light cameras in DC attributed to its spot:
"(It's) pretty hard to speed in one of the most congested cities in America, but rushing through yellow lights that turn red before you get across the intersection is a big source of city revenue."
Next few
The rest of the list included, in order, St. Louis, Orlando, Chicago and Colorado Springs.
Trapster legality
Some might question the legality of Trapster using its online presence to warn motorists of a law enforcement presence. A recent news report in Ottumwa, Iowa - in which local law enforcement was asked it if was illegal to warn other motorists of an impending speed trap by flashing vehicle lights - could shed some light.
Kevin Ward is the Ottumwa Police Sergeant. This is what he said:
"It could depend on what their intentions are, if they know that they're trying to do something that would interfere with what the officer is doing, they could. But once again, it's proving what their intent is."
Right now, the issue has not been taken to court. Until it has been, you can go to speedtrap.org to find speed traps with your area.
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