TAMPA, FLORIDA-- These days it seems like there's an app for everything, including a controversial one that can help you avoid a speeding ticket or even a DUI.
But now several members of Congress want to crackdown on it, calling it a threat to public safety.
Companies selling the app for your smartphone advertise it as a way to warn of an upcoming DUI checkpoint, speed trap, or red light camera.
However, Farid Sarhaddi of Temple Terrace, who's son was killed in a crash involving a drunk driver three years ago, says it sends the message that drunk driving is acceptable.
"Totally, totally wrong," Sarhaddi said of the app. "It's the same as if you were going to rob a bank and somebody comes up and shows you a video of exactly the best path to get out of the bank after the robbery."
This week, four U.S. Senators wrote a letter to smartphone companies, urging them to stop offering it.
"These applications are nothing more than a how-to guide in avoiding law enforcement, putting innocent families and children at risk. This is a major public safety concern," part of the letter reads.
Others, though, question if the government should be regulating what apps can and can't be bought.
Blackberry has agreed to pull the app.
"They're finally taking some steps in the right direction," Sarhaddi said.
There's still no word from the makers of the iPhone or Droid.
One of the companies selling the app claims to have more than 11 million users.
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