Police Demand Google Maps Remove New ‘Speed Trap’ Feature

[Flying Sausages]

https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2019/10/23/police-demand-google-maps-remove-new-speed-trap-feature/

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Police across the country are expressing concern about a new feature coming to Google Maps that allows users around the world to track the real-time location of officers.

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Android users have been able to report crashes, speed traps and traffic slowdowns right on the app since 2018. However, those features had been unavailable to iOS users — until last week, according to a Google blog post.

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“Revealing the location of checkpoints puts those drivers, their passengers, and the general public at risk,” the New York Police Department wrote in a letter to Google in February, demanding that Waze stop alerting users to those locations.

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The National Sheriffs’ Association went even further, saying the feature puts officers at risk by letting criminals or even terrorists know where they are on a map.

Screw the popo, let us drive us fast! We want to drive fast because we don't like to hangout with popo that will give us over $100 for 5 mph over the speed limit. Smart criminals and terrorists will let the popo go after them instead. We want to drive fast and die fast like a real man. No airbag, we die like a real man.

[Faisal A]

When we no longer see you of the forums we will know why !

[Master Disaster]

Can't decide if the "personal opinion" is legitimate or a troll trying to be funny.

[Flying Sausages]

2 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Can't decide if the "personal opinion" is legitimate or a troll trying to be funny.

I am dead serious don't like the police officer. Every time a police car gets behind, I get nervous like the police officer waiting to pull the siren when I speeding 5mph over the speed limit.

[PlayStation 2]

how about the police stop trying to do surprise fundraisers and actually put their money to work

[wANKER]

Okay, someone help me here. 

 

Speed traps are meant to deter people from speeding, therefore increasing the safety of the roads. Yes? 

 

So, If i know where a speed trap is, I'm going to slow down anyway..... 

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Personally, I would admit to technically 'speeding' 70% of the time. 

Because if i don't, I have some total cunt right up my arse. 

And having been rear ended on a bike, it ain't fun 

[Master Disaster]

5 minutes ago, wANKER said:

Okay, someone help me here. 

 

Speed traps are meant to deter people from speeding, therefore increasing the safety of the roads. Yes? 

 

So, If i know where a speed trap is, I'm going to slow down..... 

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Personally, I would admit to technically 'speeding' 70% of the time. 

Because if i don't, I have some total cunt right up my arse. 

And having been rear ended on a bike, it ain't fun 

Fun Fact: While the law about speeding in England is a firm limit police policy is to allow 10% plus 2 over the limit before prosecution. This is to allow for different speedo calibrations across different vehicle types. That doesn't apply to 20MPH zones though.

 

Technically you can be prosecuted for being 1MPH over but anything under 10% plus 2 you refuse the ticket, go to court and ask the judge to take the policy recommendation into account.

[Ashleyyyy]

good.

[Tsuki]

as a waze user(which is also owned by google) ive had access to this feature for years.

[emosun]

go 70mph = legal

 

go 75mph = ticket but 5 minutes faster

conclusion , leave 5 minutes earlier

[SupaKomputa]

11 minutes ago, Tsuki said:

as a waze user(which is also owned by google) ive had access to this feature for years.

what? monopoly as fuck. is that allowed?

[rcmaehl]

Didn't a different Police Department demand the same for Waze?

(Waze still has this feature so I'm assuming they failed miserably)

[MetEishYa]

The only real risk is to there income from fines.

As for the statement that knowing where the police is puts them at risk is BS, if people really wanted to harm police they can just call and report a fake crime then have them go exactly were they wanted. 

As for checkpoint it will now mean they actually have to patrol and do there jobs.

[Yebi]

We have a local facebook group dedicated to reporting of traffic police locations. The police have officially expressed support and said that it's good that people use it. The idea is simple - they can show up somewhere for 5 minutes, somebody reports it, and then people don't speed there for hours, which is what they wanted to achieve in the first place. I suppose the question with the app is, how fast will reports disappear after the police leave?

[Curious Pineapple]

The problem is not knowing where the cameras are, but people knowing where the cameras are not....

[Roswell]

2 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Fun Fact: While the law about speeding in England is a firm limit police policy is to allow 10% plus 2 over the limit before prosecution. This is to allow for different speedo calibrations across different vehicle types. That doesn't apply to 20MPH zones though.

 

Technically you can be prosecuted for being 1MPH over but anything under 10% plus 2 you refuse the ticket, go to court and ask the judge to take the policy recommendation into account.

It's largely the same in the US. Cops won't write you a ticket for going 5 over 50 or similar because a judge will throw it out 99% of the time if you decide to fight it. 

[Suika]

Perhaps officers should take their job more seriously and actively work against the feature instead of just complaining to Google that they're no longer able to relax in the same spot for several hours.

 

I don't trust Google, but I trust police officers even less. Google absolutely shouldn't listen to the demands of these clowns.

[Brooksie359]

2 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Fun Fact: While the law about speeding in England is a firm limit police policy is to allow 10% plus 2 over the limit before prosecution. This is to allow for different speedo calibrations across different vehicle types. That doesn't apply to 20MPH zones though.

 

Technically you can be prosecuted for being 1MPH over but anything under 10% plus 2 you refuse the ticket, go to court and ask the judge to take the policy recommendation into account.

Honestly if people didn't drive like assholes I wouldn't speed as well. 

[Arika]

Maybe it's an American thing, but I don't get the cop hate. 

 

How about people just don't speed? 

[Ithanul]

 

29 minutes ago, Yebi said:

We have a local facebook group dedicated to reporting of traffic police locations. The police have officially expressed support and said that it's good that people use it. The idea is simple - they can show up somewhere for 5 minutes, somebody reports it, and then people don't speed there for hours, which is what they wanted to achieve in the first place. I suppose the question with the app is, how fast will reports disappear after the police leave?

Smart move.   The police do the some what similar in Dothan.  Along with doing DUI checks on certain weekends as well.  Seems to get folks to be a bit more mindful of their driving.

 

5 minutes ago, Arika S said:

Maybe it's an American thing, but I don't get the cop hate. 

 

How about people just don't speed? 

Even as an American, I don't get it either.  I never really had a big issue with cops, even the few times I got pulled over.  Heck, I had cops help me and others with keys lock in our vehicles or a flat tire.

[Brooksie359]

24 minutes ago, Yebi said:

We have a local facebook group dedicated to reporting of traffic police locations. The police have officially expressed support and said that it's good that people use it. The idea is simple - they can show up somewhere for 5 minutes, somebody reports it, and then people don't speed there for hours, which is what they wanted to achieve in the first place. I suppose the question with the app is, how fast will reports disappear after the police leave?

What if the police report there are speed traps where there aren't...

They could make it seem like their are a ton of speed traps and make people slow down without having to even have a speed trap. 

[Salv8 (sam)]

2 hours ago, OlympicAssEater said:

Screw the popo, let us drive us fast!

>be you

>be speeding

>another car heads right into you

>can't stop yourself because your going to fast...

> https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=seKAV_1571849886         (18+ video, kids, this isn't your YouTube car crash)

 

thats the reason why we have speed limits, don't be an idiot and follow your country's laws regarding vehicle operations and usage.

we have it for a fucking reason, yes it's stupid that you may get charged $100 USD (may be different in other places) for going 1 mile over the limit, but that mile can kill.

here in Australia the most popular ad to prevent speeding has a slogan with the text "An extra km can kill... don't speed" cause it may, and can happen!

if you want to drive at 200 miles an hr, go do it on a race track, not the roads, so if you spin out you don't hurt others...

[Energycore]

10 minutes ago, Arika S said:

Maybe it's an American thing, but I don't get the cop hate. 

 

How about people just don't speed? 

I'd wager public sentiment about police depends a lot on the agreeability of officers, which can be affected by multiple factors such as training and work environment / pay levels.

[The1Dickens]

14 minutes ago, Salv8 (sam) said:

>be you

>be speeding

>another car heads right into you

>can't stop yourself because your going to fast...

> https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=seKAV_1571849886         (18+ video, kids, this isn't your YouTube car crash)

 

thats the reason why we have speed limits, don't be an idiot and follow your country's laws regarding vehicle operations and usage.

we have it for a fucking reason, yes it's stupid that you may get charged $100 USD (may be different in other places) for going 1 mile over the limit, but that mile can kill.

here in Australia the most popular ad to prevent speeding has a slogan with the text "An extra km can kill... don't speed" cause it may, and can happen!

if you want to drive at 200 miles an hr, go do it on a race track, not the roads, so if you spin out you don't hurt others...

That has nothing to do with speed limits. That is someone running a red light. They could have been going the legal limit, and not seen the light. They could have been going the legal limit and the light was quicker than normal from green, yellow, then red. They could have been going the legal limit and assumed that oncoming traffic would go before cross traffic, and the person making the turn would see them coming fast and not go. All of them terrible, but all going the legal posted speed limit.

[DrMacintosh]

Unless there is some law that says these companies have to stop providing the location of police, this police department can "demand" nothing. The only thing they can do is request that these companies kneel to them.