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Using iPhones to Avoid Speed Traps

Now this is cool: Area drivers looking to outwit police speed traps and traffic cameras are using an iPhone application and other global positioning system devices that pinpoint the location of the cameras.That has irked D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier, who promised her officers would pick up their game to counteract the devices, which can also help drivers dodge sobriety checkpoints.The police chief is upset, because:"I think that's the whole point of this program," she told The Examiner. "It's designed to circumvent law enforcement -- law enforcement that is designed specifically to save lives."People who aren't morons, though, will zoom in on this line:Photo radar tickets generated nearly $1 billion in revenues for D.C. during fiscal years 2005 to 2008...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on July 09, 2009 (boomark / email).