Web Site Warns Drivers About Speed Traps

By Mike Sachoff - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 11:03

For those who can’t drive 55

Njection.com is a Web site that provides drivers information on the location of red light cameras and speed traps by allowing users to upload locations of such places which are then displayed on a map

Drivers in the U.S. can download information directly to their in- car GPS device for $40 a year and have access to continually updated files pointing out the locations of speed traps and red light cameras. Access to information about speed traps on the site is free.

Founder of the site, Shannon Atkinson says the company is planning on expanding the service to London and the rest of Europe soon.

Atkinson's full time job is working as a systems engineer and he developed the Web site, Njection.com last year. The majority of the information on speed traps is user generated, and collected anonymously. Users also have the ability to rate the speed traps when they upload the locations.

For $35 a year users can have access to the locations of just red light cameras via GPS devices and for $25 they can have information about where speed traps are located.

Atkinson says he has not received any complaints from law enforcement. "I've gotten lots of positive feed back from police officers," he told Reuters. "It's the idea of getting people to slow down in those areas and if this helps, they're happy."

He did point out that some law enforcement agencies might not be happy about the potential of lost revenue for tickets not being issued.

News Tags: Technology, Social Media, Njection, Speed Traps

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Mike is a staff writer for WebProNews.

8 Comments

By redonerental (WPN reader) - Mon, 02/23/2009 - 03:17

self fulfilling

the thing that I hate about the system we have for police officers and the tickets they give in this country is that the more cops there are the more tickets they have to give and the more money we have to pay to in many instances have people around that we don't even want. there are so many neighborhoods in my hometown of Fresno that NEVER need a cop nearby where it seems like they are constantly on stakeout. WE DON'T NEED YOU THERE. I wish I just didn't have to get a ticket from someone that doesn't even need to be around certain places when I think there are more important things to be doing.

By Guest (WPN reader) - Sun, 07/27/2008 - 09:06

All Cameras in UK

Or you can visit the UK National Speed Camera Database for locations of all cameras throughout the UK - All for free.

By Guest (WPN reader) - Sun, 07/27/2008 - 09:00

speed camera locations in UK

Speed camera locations in the UK are already publicly available on the web, at sites like this one - http://www.safetycameraswestyorkshire.co.uk/fixed-locations.htm - which shows the position of all speed cameras in west yorkshire and this one - http://www.safetycameraswestyorkshire.co.uk/traffic-locations.htm - which shows the location of all red light cameras.

You can even look here - http://www.safetycameraswestyorkshire.co.uk/mobile-future.htm - to see where the mobile speed trap vehicles are going to be positioned over the next 2 to 3 weeks.

By SAL (WPN reader) - Sat, 07/26/2008 - 00:17