Terms of Service

1. What Roadar is

Roadar is a crowdsourced driver-safety app. Drivers voluntarily report road conditions, including speed-enforcement zones, accidents, hazards, stalled vehicles, debris, and the locations of fixed automated license-plate-reader (ALPR / "Flock") surveillance cameras, and nearby drivers receive proximity alerts. Roadar also displays a mapped layer of fixed enforcement equipment - ALPR/Flock cameras, fixed speed cameras, and red-light cameras - sourced from the OpenStreetMap community map (including the DeFlock project); this is open reference data contributed by mappers worldwide, not verified by us, and may be inaccurate or out of date. Roadar is a safety- and awareness tool to help you slow down and stay alert. It is not a navigation system and is not a substitute for safe, attentive, lawful driving. Most of Roadar is free to use; one optional feature, the Avoid routing tab, is an auto-renewable subscription (see section 10).

2. Lawful information sharing (First Amendment)

Roadar exists to support the lawful, good-faith exchange of information about public road conditions among drivers. In the United States, sharing truthful observations about what is plainly visible on (or alongside) public roads, including the presence of law enforcement or speed enforcement and the locations of fixed, publicly-visible automated license-plate-reader / surveillance cameras, is protected expression under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Roadar is intended for use in the United States. You agree to use Roadar only for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Roadar does not endorse speeding, reckless driving, evading or obstructing law enforcement, or any unlawful act. The purpose of enforcement awareness is to prompt you to slow down and drive safely.

3. Drive safely. Do not interact while driving.

Never tap, type, or read the screen while your vehicle is moving. Set up the app before you drive, or have a passenger operate it. You are solely responsible for operating your vehicle safely and for obeying all traffic laws, signals, and speed limits at all times. Reports about enforcement are intended to encourage you to slow down. They are not intended to help anyone break the law or evade law enforcement.

4. Eligibility and accounts

You must be old enough to drive in your jurisdiction and able to form a binding agreement. Accounts are created with Sign in with Apple. One account is tied to your Apple ID. You are responsible for activity under your account. Roadar is anonymous. You do not create a public profile or username, and other drivers never see your identity. They see only a report's category, location, age, corroboration, and the reporter's reputation tier, for example "trusted".

5. Your reports

You are responsible for the reports you submit. Report only what you genuinely observe, accurately and in good faith. You can take down your own report from the Activity tab or marker detail within 24 hours of posting it, until three drivers have confirmed it. After a day, or once a few drivers have corroborated it, the report stays as a community record and removing it would mislead the drivers who relied on it. By submitting a report you grant Roadar a worldwide, royalty-free license to display and share it with other users as part of the service.

6. No tolerance for abuse

Roadar has no tolerance for misuse. Reports are structured (just a category and a location) with no free-form text, photos, public profile, or username, so the surface for objectionable content is minimal. Submit only genuine, accurate reports. Do not spam, fabricate, or otherwise misuse the service. The community confirms or disputes each report, and inaccurate or bad-faith reporting (including repeatedly disputing accurate reports) lowers your reputation, reduces the weight of your votes, and can pause your ability to report until you rebuild your standing by voting accurately (see section 7). To report misuse, an inaccurate report, or a safety concern, email berinshteyn@gmail.com. We act on valid reports promptly.

7. Community accuracy and reputation

Reports are corroborated by the community (confirm or clear) and expire over time. Each account has a reputation score that is computed automatically and based solely on your own conduct in the app: the accuracy and good faith of the reports you submit and the votes you cast. It is not based on your identity, race, gender, religion, beliefs, where you live, or any other personal or protected characteristic, and the same rules apply equally to every account. Accurate reports and accurate votes raise your standing; reports the community disputes or removes, and bad-faith votes, lower it. If your score falls low enough from sustained inaccurate or bad-faith reporting, your ability to submit new reports is temporarily paused; you can still view alerts and vote, and you restore your standing by voting accurately on other drivers' reports over time. This is an automated, content-neutral anti-abuse measure, not a judgment about you as a person, and is not used for any legal or similarly significant decision. To keep it fair, your reputation is tied to your Apple ID and is retained even if you delete your account, so it cannot be reset by deleting and re-registering with the same Apple ID.

8. No warranty

Roadar is provided "as is." Reports are user-generated and may be inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, or missing. We do not verify reports and make no warranty that any hazard exists, doesn't exist, or is where it's shown. Alerts may be delayed or may not arrive. Do not rely on Roadar for your safety.

The speed limit Roadar can display is informational only. It is not set, defined, or verified by us; it is looked up from a third-party, community-maintained open-data source (the OpenStreetMap Overpass service) that we query but do not control. It can be wrong, outdated, or unavailable, and it does not reflect temporary or situational limits such as construction or school zones, weather or time-of-day restrictions, or variable electronic signs. The actual posted road sign is always the authority. If the number Roadar shows differs from the sign in front of you, follow the sign. You can turn the speed display off in Settings.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Roadar and its developers are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for any loss arising from your use of (or inability to use) the app, including reliance on any report or alert, or any traffic citation, collision, or injury.

10. Cost & subscription

Most of Roadar is free. Roadar also offers one optional paid feature: the Avoid tab, which plans driving routes around the fixed cameras you choose. It is an auto-renewable subscription called Roadar Avoidance, priced at $0.99 (US) per year, with a 6-month free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically for the same period and price unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends; your Apple Account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings (Settings → your name → Subscriptions), and any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited if you buy the subscription. Prices may vary by region, and refunds are handled by Apple under the App Store terms. Deleting your Roadar account does not cancel an Apple subscription; cancel it separately, or you will keep being charged. We will update these Terms before changing what is paid.

11. Changes and termination

We may update the app and these Terms. Continued use means you accept the changes. You may stop using Roadar and delete your account at any time from Settings. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact berinshteyn@gmail.com. To report abuse or objectionable content, email berinshteyn@gmail.com.