The road awaits many dangers. It is one of the main causes of death in Spain, and not only due to the failures of drivers. The mistakes of others also take lives in front of victims who were not at fault, and that is what RACC Infotransit wants to avoid with kamikaze drivers.
Among other functions, the app alerts us if there are kamikaze drivers in real time, that is, people who are driving the car in the opposite direction. Thus, in addition to alerting to this threat, it can avoid a frontal collision between two cars, a near-fatal accident.
RACC Infotransit
Developer: RACC
What is the Wrong-way Driver Warning system
The German company Bosch has developed a system for traffic applications, called Wrong-way Driver Warning , which serves to warn users about the presence of drivers traveling in the opposite direction or alerts the driver if he himself has entered the wrong direction by mistake. otherwise on a freeway or highway.
The solution is integrated for the first time in the RACC Infotransit traffic app . Hundreds of thousands of users in Spain already benefit from these automated notices. The novel Bosch solution is cloud-based , but RACC Infotransit was the first app to integrate it. However, in a short time it could reach other popular applications such as Google Maps , Waze or Social Drive .
To detect if a vehicle is traveling in the wrong direction of the road, the system compares the real movements of the vehicle within a radius of 10 kilometers , with the permitted direction of the road when passing or joining the entrance area of motorways or expressways . If the two blocks of information do not match, the application alerts the driver who is driving in error, and the driver himself, the affected drivers , both visually and acoustically .
RACC Infotransit, a Google Maps focused on traffic
The app has a two-way alert system , that is, it warns both kamikaze drivers around us and if we are invading the opposite lane. In this way, if we fall asleep at the wheel or have a mistake, the app will warn us in all possible ways to leave the opposite lane.
On the other hand, the app offers other services designed to facilitate driving on the road. One of them is the traffic forecast , which tries to forecast the traffic density per hour to plan trips. Another important function is the Parking, which shows relevant details such as the location of parking, hours and rates.
Finally, an option that we already find on other platforms is the detection of speed cameras, which shows them on the map highlighted with an icon. What not all traffic apps have is the ‘Cameras’ option , which shows us the most recent image in certain parts of the road network, usually the main highways and highways.
