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Sunday, February 01, 2015
Police Ask Waze To Remove Speed Trap Alerts To Protect Cops
The navigation and traffic app Waze is sometimes very helpful to help motorists avoid snarled traffic, construction, and road hazards. One of its features has some police officers worried, though. They worry that the feature that allows Waze users to alert each other to speed traps could endanger the lives of police officers.
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I am SO tired of hearing about all these cops so afraid for their safety. Join the military and grow a set.
Actually it screws with their evaluations and revenue.
Actually, if they weren't breaking the public trust and targeting citizens, they would have nothing to fear.
If they weren't brutalizing, maiming and killing innocent and unarmed people, they'd have nothing to worry about.
What they NEED to do to protect themselves and their families is to abide by the law, stop being sociopaths, stop stealing from citizens for the state.
Actually if people weren't speeding, and breaking the law, this wouldn't be a story.
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Big bad cops not wanting me to drive 90 in a 50. I'm tired of living in a police state. So what that I just ran a bus load of children off the road. This is 'Murica.
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Freedom of speech folks!
Its all about the revenue they are losing
Anon 6:51 AM is Right on the money... These cops try every trickery in the book and even invent a new book full of trickery... I feel no remorse for these people who are cops, they know damn well what they are doing, either being told to do it or just following orders or whatever lame bs line they give you...
My favorite line is, You can't judge all cops based on a few bad cops, YET ALL COPS stigmatize US and say, well this one crazy guy did this and that, you will too...
Waze allows drivers to quickly and easily share local reports of all kinds of hazards, including potential unexpected slowdowns caused by a hidden speed trap.
6:51 How about giving the "innocent" and "unarmed" citizen line a rest? More cops are brutally mirdered by criminals than kill innocent people.
As a retired police officer, that's just plain bs.
So endeth the trick.
I must be stupid because I don't understand, exactly how does traffic slowing down endanger the cops?
8:51 you are dead wrong as usual, 50+ kops killed most by traffic accidents, thousands of citizens killed by kops! never let the facts interfere with what you believe!
So they want Waze to remove the the single most marketable item that the app provides? Good luck getting that done voluntarily pigs. If anything Cops just brought the Waze app to more peoples attention.
It is ALL about the money.
Where, oh where, is the danger to a cop who is running a speedtrap if all the drivers are following the speed limit when they go past?
The answer is that he might die of boredom, but that's it.
If Waze knuckles, some other developer will develop the same feature and be purchased for big bucks by an internet giant.
Score one for the little guy.
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