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A subscription service that allows you to see the locations of police cars on a navigation unit in your vehicle.
The service puts up receiver units on cell towers in a populated area. The receiver units are tuned into police bands and triangulate their positions. The information is sent to a processing
computer which in turn transmits a data signal (via cell signal) to a special navigation unit in your vehicle that you purchase from the service. The navigation unit plots (in real time) the location of the signals. It also warns you of known speed traps, intersection cameras, etc.
Police units don't have to be transmitting all the time in order to be tracked. Police radio units often relay signals from other units so they can reach the dispatch center. Some radar detector units search for the relay signals to let you know there is a cop near by even if their radar is not on.
An article about Trapster:
http://mobile.slash...id=08/04/03/1632215
Get warnings texted to your mobile phone. [Amos Kito, Apr 27 2008]
A radar detector with GPS that remembers where the speed traps are:
http://gizmodo.com/...ed-traps-235015.php
Some interesting comments on that page, too. [Amos Kito, Apr 27 2008]
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What would be the reason for wanting to
use such a service? |
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thought about, did'nt post it. You did + |
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thought about, did'nt post it. You did - |
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Where I live they are easy to find... just go to
the local Chinese take away and within five
minutes you will see members of the local (and
totally useless) constabulary waddling out,
weighed down with brown bags bulging with
portions of gravy chips. As they sit stuffing
their faces in an armoured car, a pensioner will
be being terrorised by drunken teenagers
around the corner. |
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rant rant - but where I live the police are a total
waste of space, and no one cares where they
are. |
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//What would be the reason for wanting to use such a service?// |
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Maybe KineticKill wants to deliver Chinese takeaway? |
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I guess it's the same all over the world- cops here aren't of much use and are usually found at doughnut shops. |
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The service is marketed toward drivers of high end vehicles that have "spirited driving" tendencies. The unit seems like it might encourage unsafe driving but if it slowed people down, at least some of the time, then there would be less people breaking the law. If individuals who really don't want to be stopped and aren't then there would be less occurrences of high speed chases which is safer for everyone. |
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I guess this would help if it were fitted into police cars. That way, they could quickly find colleagues who are parked at a crime scene (aiding GPS) or be able to get hold of backup in a more intelligent way than a central call for anyone nearby. If you'd posted that reason and use, I would have given you a bun. |
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However; you have posted a reason based upon aiding criminals. Unsurprisingly that earns a big fishbone from me. |
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Stupid idea, even for criminals; cops' beats are sync'd so there's no appreciable "dead zones" for any length of time, and as far as "creative driving" is concerned... |
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a) on the highway, a CB radio will get you info on speedtraps, and... |
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b) in the city, all the speedtraps are known, and if you *don't* know where they are, then you don't know any other info (like school x'ings and blind driveways) so what the hell are you doing speeding ? |
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It encourages selfish driving. Bone. Dangerous driving isn't bad because the police might chase you, it's bad because it's dangerous. |
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To be honest, I thought that was what the flashing lights and sirens were for. |
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I always know that cops are never going to be there when I need them. Also, they seldom respond quickly...usually taking hours and in some cases days to get around to anwering a call for help or to report a robery or burglary. It's not bad cops...it's just the nature of what the police business has become...marriage councelors, child safety inspectors, traffic law enforcers...the list is endless....they very seldom respond to actual crimes in actions. |
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Very useful for muggers, bank robbers and crims in general... |
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I like it. The cops around here are just plain mean. I got stopped for speeding a couple months back (I really was speeding, mind, that's not my complaint). Not only did I get ticketed for the speeding, however, he also wrote me a citation for an improper lane change (which I was not guilty of) and that fine was even more expensive than the speeding! I didn't even cut anyone off, he just said I didn't pause long enough before moving to the next lane (I moved over from the far right lane to the far left on a 3 lane highway). Then, without saying why or reading my rights at all, he told me to get out of the car, then cuffed me and stuffed me in the back of the patrol car. He proceded to search my vehicle without saying what he was searching for, and he never asked for my permission to search or showed me a warrant. Then, after of course he found nothing since I wasn't trying to hide anything, he let me go. What the fuck was that about? Bone to the cops, bun to anything that makes them have to work harder. ++++++++++++++ |
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//a call for help or to report a robery//
"We have a four-seventeen on Bleaker and
West, two males in bathrobes." |
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[21 Quest] don't take it personally, that's just what they do to raving madmen. |
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You guys don't know how to have fun... |
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I guess if all the guys that owned Bugatti Veyrons and Ferrari Enzos were reading this I would have a better rating. |
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This isn't for the cops, and I wouldn't sell them a subscription or the equipment. If they cant find each other and work efficiently then thats their problem. |
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Aiding criminals? All the service provides is information. What you do with that is up to you. Do the people that sell radar detectors aid criminals? What about the people who sell books like the anarchist's cookbook? Do gun shops aid criminals? If you answered yes to any of these then ask yourself why isn't there laws against selling all those products?
(in the USA) |
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