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      02-16-2010, 08:54 AM   #1
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Exclamation Trapster: Find radars, cops, RBTs etc

Trapster, featuring GPS (on GPS-enabled phones and devices) and live community updates, will alleviate traffic issues when the police are out in force with speed traps, random breath testing, etc.

The system works like this:
  • Uses Google Maps to display 'hot' locations,
  • Utilises community uploading of positions, so all reports are live,
  • Features a "drive me home" utility to automatically plan your route to avoid the fuzz,
  • Confirm or deny another user's upload to keep viability,
  • Usable in ANY country around the world!
  • Also has a "police often hide here" feature to warn of late nights when driving home, or favourite radar positions for the fuzz.

I've just downloaded it onto my Blackberry Storm and it is good stuff. It can be quite cumbersome and slow to load onto maps when scanning around a city, however it does the job very well.

The site is actually quite mobile and dynamic: http://www.trapster.com/

I did have some issues with registration & logging in, but that all seemed to go away after half an hour or so.

NOTE: For people with Blackberries, the file type is a .jad, so you will need to download direct from your Blackberry browser at www.trapser.com
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      02-16-2010, 08:59 AM   #2
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I didn't find this to be terribly accurate when I was in Perth. Mostly relies on users to
report camera locations I think, but felt like there were lot more false ones, in Perth at least.

Do you find it pretty accurate on your end of the island?
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      02-16-2010, 09:26 AM   #3
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It's pretty good. I haven't had a chance to trial it extensively yet.

However, you can 'negate' the bad ones, and the internal settings allow you to choose when you get alerts. Such as a high confidence (reported multiple times) Live Police Trap (radar/RBT), and not be alerted to low confidence reports or "Police Often Hide Here".

Yes, the program relies on user reports.

The settings however, act much like a good radar detector: the ability to filter results that will yield high false reports.
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      02-16-2010, 09:57 AM   #4
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That is true, the version I had didn't let you discern betweenthe 'quality' of the trap info. Just let you pick the types of trap you wanted to be alerted for.

Looks like they've made some huge updates in a year.
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      02-16-2010, 03:52 PM   #5
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Can use this with iPhone?
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      02-16-2010, 04:43 PM   #6
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Yes it's an iPhone app as well. Just search Trapster in the App Store.
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      02-16-2010, 08:28 PM   #7
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Good app.. Downloaded it yesterday onto the iphone after seeing the media reports in the morning..
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      02-16-2010, 10:41 PM   #8
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Yes it's an iPhone app as well. Just search Trapster in the App Store.
do i need to have the data roaming on for it to be updated regularly?
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      02-17-2010, 05:09 PM   #9
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ROFL at 5:18am this morning i got an warning saying there was this speed trap thing on the M2 very close to my place, and i was like WTF, went out had a look over the M2 and there it was...
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      02-17-2010, 06:30 PM   #10
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ROFL at 5:18am this morning i got an warning saying there was this speed trap thing on the M2 very close to my place, and i was like WTF, went out had a look over the M2 and there it was...
Yeh it is awesome... had to log out last night cause it kept updating the " Roving patrols"..
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      02-17-2010, 09:07 PM   #11
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good implementation. I REALLY don't like the fact that it warns about RBT's though.
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      02-17-2010, 10:35 PM   #12
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Of course the system is only any good if people contribute. A new camera on the corner of Wetherby/Middleborough Rd and Doncaster Rd, Doncaster was installed about 4 weeks ago but is not on the database.

I agree with MickyD re the RBT, Wouldn't mind if this info was excluded.
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      02-17-2010, 10:39 PM   #13
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do i need to have the data roaming on for it to be updated regularly?
Yes, you will need to have a data connection, it uses Google Maps plus a little bit of it's own info added - the trap locations. But this stuff is not really data intesive, so even if you have 100MB on your plan it wouldn't matter. I have something like 2GB and I only use about 200-300MB a month, even with using the Internet quite a bit.

Data roaming on the iPhone, is just an option that allows you to stop the data portion of your connection while you're roaming on another network, which can me very very costly! I've heard of bills in the 10K area for a few days, facebook really isn't your best friend when travelling!
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Tried it today, seems alright. But, does your voice warning come through your car's speaker, via bluetooth, or just from iphone. I would like to hear it from the car speakers. My stereo is too loud
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Tried it today, seems alright. But, does your voice warning come through your car's speaker, via bluetooth, or just from iphone. I would like to hear it from the car speakers. My stereo is too loud
yea that would be nice, but i havnt really play around with it yet... I HOPE it has that function!
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      02-20-2010, 04:04 AM   #16
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I need to get a radar detector soon,i dont normally have a problem but i think there must be alot more multinovas around because i have been snapped about 4 times in 6 months,mostly 5-10 ks over on hills,its getting silly now,i was wondering if anyone has used radar.com.au in morley perth,i googled radar detectors and this name came up,went on the site and seems quite good,never had one before,any help on products and fitting(would like it hardwired if possible) would be great,thanks.
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I need to get a radar detector soon,i dont normally have a problem but i think there must be alot more multinovas around because i have been snapped about 4 times in 6 months,mostly 5-10 ks over on hills,its getting silly now,i was wondering if anyone has used radar.com.au in morley perth,i googled radar detectors and this name came up,went on the site and seems quite good,never had one before,any help on products and fitting(would like it hardwired if possible) would be great,thanks.
I used to get paranoid about Multanovas and bought a Valentine V1 ex-USA. It worked well and then I noticed more lasers appearing and less Multanovas. In all honesty I reckon I'm seeing LESS speed traps nowadays around Perth.
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I used to get paranoid about Multanovas and bought a Valentine V1 ex-USA. It worked well and then I noticed more lasers appearing and less Multanovas. In all honesty I reckon I'm seeing LESS speed traps nowadays around Perth.
I do think you're right. Or perhaps we're not travelling where ever it is that they are putting them. My radar detector is very quiet most weeks and the last thing it warned me about was a laser (thankfully!).
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      02-20-2010, 07:51 PM   #19
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I'm willing to trade my 125i for your 135i if you're worried about your license points...
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I have never had much of a problem with multinovas or radars,i would go years without getting done and thats driving a v8 ute around every day,even now i dont have much trouble in the ute,but i have had the 135 for about 10 months and i have been done 4 times,it must be the way i am driving it,just having too much fun maybe

The cop that got me last time told me if you are keeping up with the traffic you are going too fast,i thought after he said it that if i did the speed limit everywhere i would cause a traffic problem,cars banking up behind me,i tried it the next day and sure enough it is near on impossible to keep to the limit without causing problems,it is more stressful keeping to the limit than not
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I'm willing to trade my 125i for your 135i if you're worried about your license points...
Ha ha........no
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