Police track drivers with radar, GPS and all the most recent devices. But now drivers are using brand new technology to catch the catcher at his own game. Trapster, a free application, lets drivers know if they are approaching road dangers or speed traps. CNBC has teamed with Trapster to put together a list of the locations with the biggest amount to speed traps.
Ticket fines add up
About $6 billion is made each year from the 100,000 tickets that law enforcement officers hand out daily in the country.
There are 15 million motorists that participate in an online community called Trapster to avoid driving dangers. They can notify each other of traps through the site.
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. LA, California is the second on the list, which makes sense since it is a similar environment.
Locations in Texas
Texas is known for not fooling around when it comes to law enforcement. That rules applies to the state's highways as well, evidently. It is the only state whose locations appear twice on the list. Houston earned the No. 3 spot for speed traps in the nation. Austin came in at No. 10.
Vegas and the nation's capital
Because of the truth that Las Vegas is ongoing 24 hours a day, it made number 4. The fifth spot went to Washington, DC. There are 349 red-light cameras in the area, according to AOL Auto:
"(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."
Numbers 6 through 9
The rest of the list involved, in order, St. Louis, Orlando, Chicago and Colorado Springs.
Is it a legal thing?
One law enforcement officer in Iowa was asked about the legality of warning others that there are speed traps on online websites such as Trapster. He explained just a little bit about it.
A lot of interpretation might be required with the response from Ottumwa Police Sergeant Kevin Ward.
"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."
Perhaps someday the issue will come to a head in a court of law. Until then, if you need to find the location of speed traps in your state, go to speedtrap.org.
Ticket fines add up
About $6 billion is made each year from the 100,000 tickets that law enforcement officers hand out daily in the country.
There are 15 million motorists that participate in an online community called Trapster to avoid driving dangers. They can notify each other of traps through the site.
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. LA, California is the second on the list, which makes sense since it is a similar environment.
Locations in Texas
Texas is known for not fooling around when it comes to law enforcement. That rules applies to the state's highways as well, evidently. It is the only state whose locations appear twice on the list. Houston earned the No. 3 spot for speed traps in the nation. Austin came in at No. 10.
Vegas and the nation's capital
Because of the truth that Las Vegas is ongoing 24 hours a day, it made number 4. The fifth spot went to Washington, DC. There are 349 red-light cameras in the area, according to AOL Auto:
"(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."
Numbers 6 through 9
The rest of the list involved, in order, St. Louis, Orlando, Chicago and Colorado Springs.
Is it a legal thing?
One law enforcement officer in Iowa was asked about the legality of warning others that there are speed traps on online websites such as Trapster. He explained just a little bit about it.
A lot of interpretation might be required with the response from Ottumwa Police Sergeant Kevin Ward.
"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."
Perhaps someday the issue will come to a head in a court of law. Until then, if you need to find the location of speed traps in your state, go to speedtrap.org.
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