Posts Tagged speed camera
Speeding Ticket Tales & Resources
Posted by Sean P. Farrell in How-to, News, Press, Trapster Life on August 18th, 2009
We’ve all either been a lucky recipient of a speeding ticket, or heard the stories of unfortunate motorist receiving a costly reminder to obey the posted speed limit. Working for Trapster I get to to hear stories about this everyday, and thought it would be good to supply some interesting speeding ticket tales paired with some useful resources for our Trapster users.
Some Fun Facts
That’s a first:
“The world’s first speeding ticket was issued in Dayton, Ohio in 1904.
Throughout most of the twentieth century, the city of Detroit, Michigan, was synonymous with American automobile manufacturing. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, that was not the case. Instead, Ohio innovators Read the rest of this entry »
How-To Understand Trap Types and Confidence Levels in Trapster
Posted by Sean P. Farrell in How-to, Traps on June 11th, 2009
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 you can visually add and identify the right traps.
Given that Trapster’s application is only as good as the data that our community members (that’s you) provide us, we think its important to dissect all the different trap types. At the end of the day we want you to feel confident that you’re adding the right trap to the right location, or getting the most accurate speed trap notifications. Read the rest of this entry »
