[c-cubed]

Hiya Rev Scene-ers,

I ran into a speed trap on Granville and 35th in Vancouver and thought to myself there must be some sort of community that reports these. I tried the Waze app but found there aren't too many active users and reporting via Waze seems a bit more troublesome compared to sending a simple message in some sort of group chat.

Is there already an easy to use group chat in place that I just don't know of? Ideally, I'd want to create/join one for the Richmond/Vancouver/Downtown Vancouver area.

If there is one already in place, please let me know about it. Otherwise, if there are enough people interested for the areas mentioned above I would be willing to create one on Whatsapp or WeChat.

Best,

C-Cubed

[4444]

speeding and driving whilst on the phone - great idea!!!

[jeedee]

there's a twitter account that reports speed traps / roadblocks etc

@RoadBlocksBC

you can also send them tweets of a roadblock / speed trap and they'll tweet it :whistle:

[Hondaracer]

Any app that relies on constant user input will fail.

[Urrtoast]

Just use the App Waze. It has speed traps and cameras already.
https://www.waze.com/

[c-cubed]

there's a twitter account that reports speed traps / roadblocks etc

@RoadBlocksBC

you can also send them tweets of a roadblock / speed trap and they'll tweet it :whistle:

@RoadblocksBC looks like it has a good number of active users. Although, I looked back to the date at which the speed trap got me and it was not reported :p Still, looks good. Thanks for that tip! :D

[LuHua]

Reporting via Waze is just two button presses though...

[smoothie.]

This is what it's come to.

[MG1]

I listen to traffic radio, although they are slow to react and often wrong. If something requires input from the public, you know it's going to fail.

As for road blocks, even traffic radio will not report it. After all, the idea is to catch fokkers driving under the influence. Speeding is breaking the law, but DUI = zero tolerance. If it keeps my family and the public safe, I'm all for it.

[BoostedBB6]

If you need an app to warn you about road blocks or speeding traps you need to be taking the bus.
An app to use while driving (illegal) that will aid in your doing further illegal activities......not seeing any good ideas here.

[mr_chin]

If you need an app to warn you about road blocks or speeding traps you need to be taking the bus.
An app to use while driving (illegal) that will aid in your doing further illegal activities......not seeing any good ideas here.

How is evading speed traps and road blocks illegal?

[LuHua]

How is evading speed traps and road blocks illegal?

Using an app that presumably needs you to operate your phone while driving is illegal. Pretty sure that's what he means. Oh, and using it to avoid speed traps etc. while say...speeding =P

[Dragon-88]

I don't have those problems.. So no..

[BoostedBB6]

How is evading speed traps and road blocks illegal?

Never said they were. Using an APP while DRIVING YOUR CAR is ILLEGAL.
Given the APP is designed to warn drivers of speed traps and road blocks it is there to help them not get nabbed doing ILLEGAL things.

[Manic!]

Using an app that presumably needs you to operate your phone while driving is illegal. Pretty sure that's what he means. Oh, and using it to avoid speed traps etc. while say...speeding =P

Everyone speeds in Vancouver unless they are stuck in traffic.

[c-cubed]

Everyone speeds in Vancouver unless they are stuck in traffic.

True story

*tips hat*

[c-cubed]

I've got a WeChat group if anyone is interested. Simply because knowing myself, I will probably phase out Waze and go twitter dormant once again sometime in the future.

[nah]

I'll admit I'm a speeder and if I speed and get caught I deserve it.

I'm against reporting speed traps and road blocks as I feel they do serve a purpose; be it being a revenue generator or possibly changing people's driving habits.

[flagella]

A giant group chat that constantly spams you sounds like a great idea!

[nabs]

I'm in, I can get my friends in the RCMP in it too, they will know where all the locations are. It's a win-win.

[thebrownboy]

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Problem solved and no need to use your phone while driving

[twitchyzero]

you guys never flash oncoming traffic to warn them of speed traps? I'm against revealing road block setups however.

and not all app usage while driving is illegal..many new cars/headunits have voice activated function in carplay/android auto

[parm104]

Morons trying to make our streets more dangerous by helping drunk drivers avoid road blocks.

[c-cubed]

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Problem solved and no need to use your phone while driving

IMO radar detectors and laser jammers are overkill. I was just thinking of possible more cost effective solutions.

I used to have an older generation valentine unit my cousin handed down to me but I heard they're only really effective against radar. I've heard because laser works in straight lines by the time it detects laser signal, it's too late. I'm thinking that having it mounted on your windshield or whatnot just kills any leniency a cop would have given you otherwise.

[c-cubed]

Found this for all you Waze supporters. https://youtu.be/H8igbBDWhOA

[c-cubed]

I'm in, I can get my friends in the RCMP in it too, they will know where all the locations are. It's a win-win.

This sounds like entrapment...lol

[Ronin]

What I do is speed all the time...so if I get caught, it doesn't seem that bad.

If you speed just once and get caught, then that sucks. How unlucky were you?!

But if you speed all the damn time, it's just like paying a fee to go faster. I'm going on 10 years without a speeding ticket despite going at least 80 everywhere. $300 for 10 years worth of speeding will be worth it.

[minoru_tanaka]

Morons trying to make our streets more dangerous by helping drunk drivers avoid road blocks.

They'll still catch the really drunk ones. The ones too drunk to check their phones

[Durrann]

how about a whatsapp group for like places you've just ate or movies you've just watched?

[TOS'd]

how about a whatsapp group for like places you've just ate or movies you've just watched?

http://www.revscene.net/forums/530956-wheres-last-place-you-ate-rate.html

http://www.revscene.net/forums/513888-whats-last-movie-you-saw-rate.html

[Durrann]

Whatsapp group doe....

[nabs]

Whatsapp group doe....

RS is all we need.

[a00755836]

you sound like you just got your N

[Durrann]

naw i got it a long time ago.

[mr_chin]

Never said they were. Using an APP while DRIVING YOUR CAR is ILLEGAL.
Given the APP is designed to warn drivers of speed traps and road blocks it is there to help them not get nabbed doing ILLEGAL things.

You said "using app that will aid in your further illegal activities". I assume you meant "in addition" to using your phone while driving, what other further illegal activities are you talking about aside from evading speed traps and road blocks?

What if a law abiding citizen wants to use it just to save time and hassle?

People instantly thinks that whoever uses it, are speeding, drug trafficking, drunk driving, etc. Lol.

[Galactic_Phantom]

Save time and hassle? Roadblocks never took me more than 10 seconds. They stick their head in and if they don't smell booze, worst case scenario they'll ask a couple questions and get you on your way.
Please pray someone you give a shit about don't get hit by a drunk driver because you didn't want to be inconvenienced and therefore joined and supported a wechat group that gave a drunk driver a heads up about a roadblock

[AzNightmare]

Where are roadblocks generally set up? Feels like I'm missing out or something.

In my 13 years of driving, I've only encountered ONE roadblock ever...
:fulloffuck:

[Manic!]

Where are roadblocks generally set up? Feels like I'm missing out or something.

In my 13 years of driving, I've only encountered ONE roadblock ever...
:fulloffuck:


Maybe you don't drive anytime after 10 PM.

[TOS'd]

Whatsapp group doe....

Horrible platform for both those ideas. For places you ate at and movies you just saw both require some context to reply. Whether it be a small comment or a full on review. A forum would better present the information, plus it would be much easier to find older replies.

Whatsapp groups are good for somethings but it's going to be flooded with spam and questions which will bury any sort of useful information. And the search function is not reliable.

TLDR: RS is life.

[AzNightmare]

Maybe you don't drive anytime after 10 PM.

No idea. I do stay within Vancouver for majority of my commute. Probably be too much trouble if cops blocked off major streets.
The one road block I went through was in some back road in Burnaby

[NNT]

Didnt see whats wrong with reporting speed traps. speed trap notice and speed trap serve the same purpose -- slowing down drivers (technically speaking). only diff is one generate money to the government and the other dont.

[SumAznGuy]

Where are roadblocks generally set up? Feels like I'm missing out or something.

In my 13 years of driving, I've only encountered ONE roadblock ever...
:fulloffuck:

I went through 2 in a span of 5 minutes once.
Coming back from adult hockey in North Van. North Van RCMP had a road block set up on the bridge. After that I continued down hwy 1 and took the Willington exit to go to the casino and there was a Burnaby RCMP road block there.

In the winter time, counter attack road blocks are a regular thing when I leave 8 rinks after a late night hockey game. Guess there is a reason they call it beer league. :drunk:

[JSALES]

You can use Google Maps as GPS from your location to destination to see if there's a road block although it could be mistaken as an accident, only works if it's late at night. Road blocks will show up as 'traffic' since the flow of traffic has slowed down or stopped.

[c-cubed]

You can use Google Maps as GPS from your location to destination to see if there's a road block although it could be mistaken as an accident, only works if it's late at night. Road blocks will show up as 'traffic' since the flow of traffic has slowed down or stopped.

I'm guessing I'd be looking for roads with yellow congestion as opposed to a huge red streak of congestion. Road blocks don't cause rush hour levels of congestion haha