English

Noun

radar trap ‎(plural radar traps)

1. A roadside location, manned by police or similar officials, where a device that emits a radar beam is used to monitor the speeds of motor vehicles in order to apprehend motorists in violation of the speed limit.
   • 1956 Sept. 10, "Miscellany," Time:

     In Rochester, after Kenneth Butters complained about fast driving along Woodbine Avenue, police set up a radar trap and nabbed five speeders, including Butters.

   • 2006 Dec. 27, Dylan Welch, "Shots fired at bus and police," Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (retrieved 3 June 2013):

     He had been allegedly clocked by a mobile radar trap on the M2 at Winston Hills at 120kmh in a 100kmh zone.

Hypernyms

• speed trap

See also

• radar gun

References

• radar trap at OneLook Dictionary Search