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Trapster Goes Green: EV Charging Station Added

Stefanie — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:59:15 +0000

Trapster has gone green! We’re excited to announce our newest POI, EV Charging Station. This will mark electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructures that delivers electric fuel to EV’s around the globe. In an effort to help our green driving friends get from point A to point B in their electric vehicles, Trapster users can now [...]

Road Hazard Trap added to Trapster!

Sean P. Farrell — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:53:21 +0000

Trapster users will notice a new hazard appearing on the trapmap, the Road Hazard. We already provide you with a number of hazards to report, but they are very specific. The new “Road Hazard” trap will be for all of the hazards you come across that are not defined with Trapster’s other hazards. An example [...]

School Zone Hazard added to Trapster

Sean P. Farrell — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:59:31 +0000

iPhone users will notice a new hazard appearing on the trapmap, the school zone hazard. Trapster recently added road hazards to the list of reportable “traps” within the application. Though “Children at Play” was already a hazard type, we wanted to add “School Zones” to keep drivers aware of speed limit changes that come along [...]

Six Things I Bet You Don’t Know About Trapster

Stefanie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:18:21 +0000

Every day I shuffle through Trapster support emails and new forum posts helping users with technical problem, listening to new ideas/suggestions, and answering questions. The questions range from extremely technical to very simple. And here lies the root of this blog post. I’ve found that there are many Trapster secrets. Are they really secrets? Well, [...]

Trapster Videos from Our Users

Sean P. Farrell — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:49:18 +0000

Ahh the open road. It's fun to get in your car and cruise. But it's never fun to get a ticket. You might not even noticed you were speeding, or that you happen to drift over the little road reflectors that designate your lane, I like calling this "reading braille". But there are forces out patrolling the streets looking for these mistakes. LEOs (law enforcement officers) can be sneaky, they won't admit what they are doing is sneaky, but setting up under a bridge or beyond a curved section of road definitely feels sneaky to the unsuspecting citizen.

How-To Understand Trap Types and Confidence Levels in Trapster

Sean P. Farrell — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:02:45 +0000

Part of getting the most out of Trapster is understanding the different trap types and confidence levels that we use on the web and in the mobile applications. We’ve created a system that uses various icons and colors to denote different trap types, ie. red light cameras, and their associated user confidence level, so that [...]

Trapster at the Where 2.0 Conference

Stefanie — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:26:12 +0000

Pete and Jay are heading to San Jose tomorrow afternoon for the Where 2.0 conference. For those who are not familiar with the conference, here is a small blurb, compliments of Where 2.0's website, to get you up to speed.

This Story Never Gets Old

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:55:31 +0000

Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15, just north of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar . One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the crest of a hill. The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 [...]