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Top 7 Trapster User Blunders


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Okay, we love you guys to pieces but be honest, how many of you can say they’ve reported a live police trap in the water? Or tested out the road hazard traps by placing one on top of the other in the same exact location until there was a pile so big Mt. Helen looked like a hill? Oh yes, and how about going around voting YES on every Live Police alert you receive just to make sure those police traps are noticed. Like I said we love you, we really do, but for the love of Trapster!!!

What I don’t think most Trapster users realize is that we review, research, and spend great pains and time going over all the data users, like yourself, enter. We want it to be accurate for everyone. Even you multiple trap reporters. We see them and want you to know we see them. In turn, maybe you’ll help us here at Trapster headquarters and make our life a little easier… maybe… if you like us that is. Don’t worry though you don’t have to like Sean. You can just like me. I won’t tell.

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#7 Splish Splash I was Taking a Bath

I know! I know! I’m giving Picasso a run for his money but I couldn’t help but share my talents. And yours! I’m fairly sure there aren’t toll booths in the pacific. Not 100% but I’d bet against it if asked.

#6 Houston We Have a Problem

When reporting issues on our support forum, please give us as much information as possible. I love helping people. I especially love helping Trapster users. However, I regret to inform you, I can’t read minds. Don’t get me wrong I wish I could because that would be sweet! But it’s just not one of my super powers.

#5 To Be or Not to Be

A BIG very BIG misconception about whether it’s a red light camera or a traffic monitoring camera. Remember if you don’t see a giant box and a flash then it’s NOT a red light camera. BOX! FLASH! BOX! FLASH! WooHoo! I call it the Trapster cheer, snazzy huh?

#4 Lucy, I’m Home

Let’s close are eyes now. No, really close your eyes. Visualize it…your home sitting at the computer after a long day at work and your going through iTunes looking at the latest apps. You come across one called Trapster and decide hey, let’s download and check this out. You download Trapster, sign-up for a free account, and voilà you report your first trap. On your house but of course.

#3 Don’t Forget Your Passport

This is an easy one. Border crossings are not toll booths. Toll booth means money exchanged. Therefore if no money is exchanged (bribes don’t count either) than please don’t mark toll booth.

#2 Satellite View is Fun

Google has this snazzy view they call satellite view. You get to see trees, and roads, and houses, and traps that are posted incorrectly. We know, we see them too. And don’t worry, we delete them for you too.

#1 Stack’em Up

Starting a collection are we? I know, when you first install Trapster is like “shiny new toy”! I played around a bit too. Maybe not to that extreme but posting traps is fun. So we get it. But please remember to delete them. Help a Trapster user out. A fire, a speed camera, a toll booth, and an accident! Holy-moly batman!

Trapster Users=♥

I’d like to reiterate, we love you guys! We do! Promise. But we need your help making Trapster the best it can possibly be and even more imporatant as accurate as possible. And remember, if you ever have any questions or need assistance check out our support page. We have gobs and gobs of good information. Also, our blog here is piled high with “How-To” posts that are sure to edumacate anyone.

Lastly, I just want to say thank you for being such awesome loyal Trapster users. Group hug! Awwwww!

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  • Mmanxxxxxx

    #7

  • Alex

    thank you for posting this..when I downloaded the POI for my Garmin someone put 2 red cameras and 1 combo camera at a traffic light with NOTHING!

  • Jake

    Some of the inaccurate traps are due to bad GPS locating. If I see live police on my way to work, for instance, I'll start Trapster for the sole purpose of reporting the trap. By the time I'm able to post it, I'm past the trap, but I have no way to correct it. Even if I could position the map without crashing my car, how would I know where I was along the interstate when I passed the cop? Regardless, I figure that a slightly off position is better than nothing at all. Since I'm dealing with an older iPhone and semi-rural EDGE service, this might affect my submissions more than others, but it has to be a problem for everyone on some scale.

    My suggestion: Two orthogonal dimensions to confidence: one for the likelihood of the trap itself and one for the position, maybe using velocity at the time of submission. I'm not sure how you would incorporate this into the map, but the extra data would have provide the means for a more robust model.

  • Nypii

    in nyc trapster users report every police car they see even the local precent cars.

  • Westsurf

    Is there a way for us to get known misplaced or incorrect traps removed or repositioned?

  • http://www.trapster.com Trapster

    Yes! I think you just applied to be a moderator correct? Well that's definitly a step in the most awesomeness of directions! So just fill out the mod form I sent you and we can get you setup helping all the Trapster users in your area by making reports around you accurate.

    Stefanie :)

  • Daz

    one thing- i think this is a great product- but i noticed when we left trapster running in the background, our phones(2 iphones and a droid) got EXTREMELY HOT, almost to the point of shutting down, and we had to place them in front of the air vents in the truck in order to cool them down after turning trapster off. this is an issue that should be addressed, in order to save the phones and not be such an issue as to force us to uninstall the trapster product.

  • http://www.trapster.com Sean

    Thank you for the feedback.

  • http://www.trapster.com Sean

    You can send a message to the user who originally reported the trap, and let them know it should be moved, or is incorrect. Visit the trapmap on http://trapster.com, find the trap, and select the “Send PM” button.

  • B3N73

    Ummm, dude.
    You don't get the concept, do you.
    If we check our speed and slow down if we're a bit over, aren't we making the roads safer?

    Or would you rather that we drive around in ignorance and risk a)losing money and demerit points to the cops or b)run into someone/thing?

    You can always uninstall Trapster, leave the forum and live your life of ignorance if you like. Just don't persecute those who care for their license and others' lives!

  • Peros85

    I think you don't get the concept of driving license, speed limitations and other driving rules.

    You shouldn't be a bit over, in the first place. There are speed limit signs all over the place, just follow them.

    If you could hold that speed even after the speed trap, that would be great. Now, this isn't the case. People slow down just to avoid tickets (only caring about their driving licenses) and then gain speed again…

    If you drive around in ignorance, you shouldn't be driving at all. You were given a driving license supposedly because you've understood all the laws and rules that come with the issue. If you don't follow them, then you SHOULD lose money. It's a sort of penalty and “wake-up call”. Hopefully you will never do the same mistake again. So a speeding ticket is a good thing, although they shouldn't exist, if people just followed the speed limitations..

    You have a responsibility when driving. If you care for others' lives you shouldn't speed. Period.
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    I ran into this service and thought I could give my opinion. I'm not using Trapster because I think I drive safely.

  • Tamjam

    you would… you're clearly quite a righteous person. mostly what you appear to believe is that if you obey rules rigidly you're a safe driver.

    most of the countries focussing mostly on speed as a safety concern arent having much success in dropping the percentage of accidents and deaths after the first year or two of getting tough with it. i've got a very different point of view on the subject: but frankly i doubt you'd “hear” it and give it any thought.

    personally i've never felt safer in a vehicle than when driving in Germany on autobahn where the slowest i was required to go was 130kmh and much of the driving was at speeds well above that. drivers are well educated and considerate and mindful of their actions – which was a huge difference to driving here in australia where a majority of drivers are inattentive and dangerous going at or below the speed limit.

    i'd invite you to look at what it is you're accepting as meaningful about road safety from your local government's propaganda. go have a look at the statistics in germany and compare them to your own country's stats.

  • kadaitcha

    Its only a matter of time before you will be a victim of an inaccurate, misconfigured or improperly operated revenue raising device. The only way of convincing parasitic government departments to lift their game is by reducing their revenue stream.