Speed Traps Warning: Worst 10 Locations

By Cornelius Nunev

Law enforcement agencies across the country have been using the most recent technology to detect and stop speeders for several years. Now the technology is catching up to drivers attempting to keep away from tickets. The free app Trapster notifies consumers of imminent road dangers and speed traps. Recently, Trapster, along with CNBC, released its list of the ten cities with the most speed traps.

A ton of money comes in from tickets

According to the report, U.S. law enforcement officers hand out about 100,000 tickets daily. The ensuing fines add up to approximately $6 billion annually.

In order to make sure drivers know when there are speed traps, Trapster lets 15 million drivers report driving dangers in the online community.

Anticipated top cities

New York City is at the top of the list, which is no surprise considering there are so many red-light cameras, law enforcement officials around and driving challenges around there. Los Angeles, California is the second on the list, which makes sense since it is a similar environment.

Two in Texas

Texas is known for not fooling around when it comes to law enforcement. That rules applies to the state's highways as well, apparently. It is the only state whose cities appear twice on the list. Houston earned the No. 3 spot for speed traps in the nation. Austin came in at No. 10.

Vegas and DC

Sin City, Las Vegas, Nev., made the No. 4 spot by virtue of its 24-hour activity. Number five was the nation's capital, Washington, DC. According to AOL Auto, the crowded city earns much of its traffic enforcement income via its 349 red-light cameras:

"(It's) pretty hard to speed in one of the most congested cities in America, but rushing through yellow lights that turn red before you get across the intersection is a big source of city revenue."

Next few

The rest of the list incorporated other large locations. In order, it contains St. Louis, Orlando, Chicago and Colorado Springs.

Should drivers be warned?

One law enforcement officer in Iowa was asked about the legality of warning others that there are speed traps on online websites such as Trapster. He explained just a little bit about this.

Kevin Ward is the Ottumwa Police Sergeant. This is what he said:

"It could depend on what their intentions are, if they know that they're trying to do something that would interfere with what the officer is doing, they could. But once again, it's proving what their intent is."

Perhaps someday the issue will come to a head in a court of law. Until then, if you want to find the location of speed traps as part of your state, go to speedtrap.org.

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