Google Maps allows drivers to detect mobile police speed cameras thanks to a feature that can be activated from within the app. Here’s how to activate it and what other events can be signaled.
Google Maps has implemented a function appreciated by many drivers who want to avoid a speeding fine.
The application can identify in real time where mobile police cameras are located.
Google Maps detects mobile police speed cameras
Probably a lot of drivers drive with the fear of not being “caught” by the radar. Even those who are not speedsters. And the fear is not necessarily of the fixed radars, which are always in the same place, but of the mobile ones.
That’s why Google Maps has introduced a feature that detects mobile police speed cameras. This is similar to what Waze has been using for a very long time.
Specifically, when a driver spots a police car with radar, they can flag that in the app.
Afterwards, Google Maps will send all drivers who pass through the area and have the app open a notification. They are asked if there is any radar in that area. And, depending on the answers received, it will update the alert in real time.
How to turn on the radar alert in Google Maps
All Google Maps users can add a speed camera or traffic incident in real time.
From the “add a report” sub-menu, several options will open:
- bump;
- slowing down;
- construction;
- closed lane;
- stopped vehicle;
- obstacle on the road;
- car radar.
Depending on the situation encountered, a driver can select one or more alerts.
Thus, if a driver notices a speed camera and marks it on the map, all other Google Maps users passing through the area will receive this warning.
They are also asked if that radar is still in the area. And as drivers confirm or deny the presence of the radar, its positioning will be changed in real time.
The application will also show the number of users who have validated the location of the radar, as well as the time elapsed since the last validation.
Source: www.promotor.ro
