Community Usage Guidelines
Trapster® is a Web based community, an on-line democracy, with content created and maintained by the people, for the people. We have put together some simple guidelines regarding trap types to keep things on track. The rest is up to you.
Live Police Trap
Actual (current) sighting of a police speed or other trap. Please do not enter a trap every time you see a police car driving around, or parked along the road while the officer eats a doughnut. Examples of good trap reports are police with radar or laser trap set up, motorcycle police hiding in bushes along a freeway on-ramp, a cruiser hiding near stop sign to catch "California Stops". (This type of trap lives in the system for less than an hour from the last corroboration).
Red Light Camera
The intent is pretty clear here, but many stop lights have video cameras that do not actually issue tickets. They are simply for monitoring traffic. Please try to determine if the camera you are reporting is actually a trap. (This type of trap lives in the system permanently, unless deleted by another user).
Speed Camera
Again pretty clear, but as of this writing only a few states have actual speed cameras. Please don't confuse the stationary or portable radar units (the ones that display your current speed) with units that actually issue tickets. (This type of trap lives in the system permanently, unless deleted by another user).
Usual Hiding Place or Enforcement Point
Live Police Trap entries only live in the system temporarily. This type of entry is permanent. Do you know of a place where police often set up radar, laser, visual observation, or other types of enforcement? Please share it! (This type of trap lives in the system permanently, unless deleted by another user).
Note:
Though all functions are available from this Web site, Trapster® is primarily a mobile phone application. Before you can start entering traps, from the site or your mobile phone, you must join the Trapster® community. You can do that now by clicking here. Questions? Please feel free to contact us