SPOKANE, Wash. - A timely Twitter tweet might just thwart a ticket.

In Spokane, Twitter is being used by some drivers to alert each other about police speed traps.

"Who likes a ticket? I mean, nobody," says the man behind the Twitter account SpokoPoPo.

SpokoPoPo launched a week ago and as up Friday afternoon had 117 followers. The idea, says the anonymous creator, is simple. Any time a follower sees a police officer, that follower sends a Tweet to SpokoPoPo, then SpokoPoPo retweets that information to other followers.

With just 140 characters, the description must be short and precise to be helpful, "Anything to give an idea of where they're running a speed trap or where some police activity is," SpokoPoPo's creator said.

Intersections, landmarks, "Or even if you are following an unmarked car on the freeway," can all be tweeted and retweeted to help other drivers.

Spokane Police laugh off the Twitter feed, pointing out that they already send out news releases to the media with specific speed trap locations. In fact, says the SpokoPoPo creator, "One of our local police officers has joined and says he's more than happy to tell where his location is."

That, it seems, is the point: "If it makes people slow down, it makes people safer anyway."

One word of warning though, if you are pulled over while tweeting, it could cost you. Texting while driving is illegal in Washington and the fine is $101.