Pretty cool app that avoids speed traps but it’s ticking off the police, revenue stream must be down:

“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.”
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PhantomAlert mimics radar detectors — which are outlawed in D.C. and Virginia — by alerting drivers of nearby enforcement “points of interest” via global positioning system devices. PhantomAlert keeps up to date on traffic enforcement through its users, who contribute information online.
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Photo radar tickets generated nearly $1 billion in revenues for D.C. during fiscal years 2005 to 2008.

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