What is Trapster?
Trapster is a free community-based traffic and speed trap reporting app available for iOS and Android devices. It allows drivers to work together to alert each other in real-time to police locations, speed traps, road hazards, and traffic delays.
Users can report traffic incidents and view reports from other users along their drive route or in any location they choose. As you drive, Trapster will issue audio warnings about upcoming alerts submitted by other drivers. These alerts help raise awareness to potential speed traps or hazards ahead.
By tapping a few buttons in the app, users can quickly report and share new police sightings, accidents, traffic jams, or other road issues. These user-generated reports are then immediately relayed as alerts to other nearby Trapster users in real-time. The goal is getting safety alerts out to as many drivers as possible so they can adjust their driving accordingly.
In this way, Trapster helps drivers maintain safer speeds while also identifying alternative routes to avoid traffic congestion. For those focused on avoiding tickets from police monitoring for speed violations, Trapster can pay for itself in avoided speeding tickets. And for those more focused on avoiding traffic, it can reduce commute times.
With millions of active users reporting tens of millions of alerts and sharing photos, videos and comments every month, Trapster has one of the largest driver communities focused on collective road safety. Available for free, drivers using Trapster serve each other, helping identify situations for which increased caution may be warranted.