December 17, 2000 - Greenwich Seed Traps

On the Internet, Clues to Speed Traps

New York Times

....Mr. Warner sold the site to a group in Washington State a year ago, and the new company, Speedtrap.com Inc. has plans to link the warnings to other databases on drivers' safety.

The site opens with a disclaimer: ''This service is not intended to promote speeding and complies with all current state and federal laws.''

But it is decidedly anti-authority.

A search for Connecticut traps finds that in the last three months, 20 anonymous drivers have posted warnings about traps in the state.....

.....in November, someone posted warnings that the Greenwich Police Department cruisers often wait along Route 1, for example, across from Greenwich High School, the Cos Cob firehouse, and a Mobil gas station near exit 5 of I-95. The writer called the cars ''a threat when traveling both north and south,'' and added, ''All are well-hidden and very dangerous.''

Trooper Richard Alexandre, a spokesman for the Connecticut State Police, said the Internet warnings can't be very helpful because state police cars move radar traps daily.

''Our position would be that if it causes motorists to slow down on any given stretch of highway, based on the perception that there may be a police officer in the area,'' he said, ''we would consider that a good thing.''