Story Created: May 23, 2008 at 6:24 PM MDT
Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM MDT
Officials say this weekend, they'll be out in full-force, patrolling the highways and Interstates so, speeders beware. But with the help of some new technology some people are tipping the balance in their favor to avoid costly tickets.
Drivers don't like to admit it they speed.
"It's not worth it, it's not worth the ticket or anything like that," said Boise driver David Blastock.
And others say they outright don't do it.
"I don't want to get pulled over and I have children and there's no reason to do it, if your getting somewhere get there safely don't get there in a hurry," said Heather Keckhafer before getting in her car.
But whether your driving one mile or 25 miles over the speed limit you could get a ticket. That's where the recently launched website, Trapster.com, is hoping to cut down your chances of getting caught in a speed trap.
The website and technology is driven by your tips. From your cell phone you can call a toll free number, report a location where officers are hanging out, and that report in turn alerts other drivers to either avoid that area or slow down.
The site updates constantly based on those drivers notification and the green dots show you areas where police activity is high throughout the country and right here in Idaho.
So what do troopers think about this kind of technology?
"I think anything that's going to get a person more aware of their speed, naturally, it's going to make them more coherent of how fast their driving, I'm all for it," said Idaho State Senior Trooper Janet Murakami.
Last year alone, ISP issued more than 37,279 speeding tickets throughout the state.
"If they have prior knowledge that we're patrolling a certain area that's good for us, good for us because hopefully they'll decrease their speed through that area," said Murakami.
And even those who say they don't speed, will admit one thing: no ticket, is better than one.
CBS 2 Eyewitness News talked to the founder of Trapster.com from his California home. He wouldn't tell us how many users his website has but he says since it launched in April, traffic on the site has skyrocketed across the country. And, he says, half of those users are moms who are forced to spend lots of time in their cars.
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