TWO leading pager companies could be on the road to big bucks by offering their clients a novel new service . . . a police speed trap alert.
Times Paging and BB Telecom keep tabs on police operations and tell their customers where to beware of cameras and radar guns.
And a Sunday Morning Post test drive discovered the system was right on target last week. Times Paging staff said their service included printing out a message in Chinese. The warning coyly advises drivers to 'be careful of' the targeted area and 'drive slowly'.
Staff at BB Telecom said subscribers to their service could call the company's secretarial station to receive the latest information on police camera positions.
Our reporters checked their route 15 minutes before driving along Ngau Tau Kok Road towards Mongkok, and were warned that speed detection equipment had been set up at Ngau Tau Kok Estate. The trap was there.
Times Paging delivered a message warning: 'On Fung Tak Road, heading towards Wong Tai Sin, drivers should be careful and drive slowly.' Again, a speed trap was present.
