Researching your route on the Internet can save you from riding unaware into a known speed trap.Three sites were researched and none were ideal. The best strategy for route planning is to combine data from the three sites.

The National Speed Trap Exchange provides national listings of local speed traps. Speed traps are listed town-by-town, making researching a route a chore. The speed trap information is is maintained by site users. Each speed trap location has user feedback on the quality of the speed trap data.

CopySpy is organized the same way the National Speed Trap Exchange. The speed trap data is more structured than the Exchange and includes a field labeled GPS coordinates. None of the listings checked had GPS coordinates entered, however.

The Trapster Speed Trap Sharing System uses a Google Maps interface to locate speed traps. Each speed trap includes a map way-point and Google Street View photo, if available. Data for the site is collected in real-time from cell phone users (see presentation). This site seems to have the best potential for route planning, but lacks the data of the other two sites. The cell phone collection and verification system may explain Vermont's incomplete listings.

For route planning, your best approach is to use Trapster's mapping to map a route and plot your own points from with data from either of the two text-based exchanges.

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