"Apps which contain DUI checkpoints that are not published by law enforcement agencies, or encourage and enable drunk driving, will be rejected," reads Section 22.8 from the App Store Review Guidelines.
When the senators sent the letter to the three companies to take down the apps, RIM was the only one to comply right away, the International Business Time reports. Google, on the other hand, clearly stated it will not comply, which left Apple to express its standpoint. And following pressure from Senator Schumer at a recent privacy hearing on Capitol Hill, it did.
"Giving drunk drivers a free tool to evade checkpoints, putting innocent families and children at risk, is a matter of public concern," the senators said in the letter to the executives at the three companies. "We hope that you will give our request to remove these applications from your store immediate consideration."
One the apps that were brought into question by the senators is PhantomALERT. On its App Store description, the program is described as providing "the world's largest driver generated and verified database of speed traps, red light cameras, speed cameras, school zones, DUI checkpoints, dangerous intersections and more across North America."
However, for the moment the App Store guideline addresses only DUI checkpoint apps, but it doesn’t say anything about speed traps.
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