Radar Alert by SMS

An SMS service which warns high speeding drivers of police speed checks is getting extremely popular in Denmark, according to Guerilla Innovation

"The service is provided by a company called Razzia.dk and for an annual fee of 40 euros ($49.-), subscribers receive an SMS whenever there's a speed check in their area.

razzia.dk gets the information from its own subscribers who are encouraged to send an SMS if they spot a speed check or camera site.

Although Razzia.dk has been heavily criticized for providing such a service, the police is in fact quite possitive about it since it helps reduce the speed on the roads as well as reduce the time officers would otherwise spend writing tickets (apparently, they forgot that SMSing while driving is pretty dangerous and against the law).

The service is about to launch in England and Germany".

Radar alerts have been launched as early as 2001 in both Switzerland and Norway.

emily | 5:55 PM | Cell Phones while driving/flying/sailing |
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