radar trap

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.

   Hypernym: speed trap

   • 1956 September 10, “Miscellany”, in 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 December 27, Dylan Welch, “Shots fired at bus and police”, in 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.

Translations

speed trap — see speed trap

See also

• radar detector
• radar gun

 

References

• “radar trap”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.