Taking social networking to the next level, Trapster, a new wireless, Web 2.0 type software service for smartphones enables you to avoid speeding tickets while driving.
With Trapster, users share information on police speed traps wirelessly by pressing a button on their smartphone, the information then compiled and distributed to other smartphone users based on their locations, as determined by GPS and Skyhook Wireless.
Motorists can either set their smartphones to sound an alert whenever their vehicle nears a police radar detector, alternatively, a driver can choose to download a map of their route with the determined speed traps indicated.
False reports are minimized by comparing warnings from all users in the same area, with the intention being to make the system more and more accurate and efficient as time goes on and more people participate.
Already the technology has caught the attention of: CNN, The New York Times, Digg, Wired, Slashdot, FOX News, The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance and more.
