Do you ever look at something and think it’s totally cool one minute, only to find yourself wondering if you’ve lost your mind the next minute?

That’s me with this hot cell phone application, Trapster, that lets drivers tell other drivers where the speed traps are. Sounds great. Who doesn’t want to avoid speeding tickets?

But….

For starters, I’d love to know how the use of this device is so different than the case of the anarchist who was arrested last month for telling G-20 protesters, via Twitter updates, where police were patrolling. That fellow was arrested by the FBI.

Beyond that, how about the potential for this speed-trap-avoiding application to create just one more distraction for drivers. The alerts themselves seem pretty innocent - you are driving down the street and hear an alarm to let you know you are approaching a speed trap, red light camera, etc.

But it requires a little more effort for the information to get into the system. Other drivers have to take time away from driving (while, of course, still driving) to upload that data. In fairness, the program uses a series of shortcuts to make it easier. Press the #2 to report a red light camera, etc. But isn’t this just one more thing taking drivers’ attention away from the most important thing they are doing?

How about an application that sounds an alarm whenever you are near another driver who is typing on their phone’s keypad? Now that’s something I’d buy.