Google’s visitors navigation app Waze will now warn you when you’re driving on a street with a historical past of crashes, the corporate introduced Tuesday.
The characteristic will alert drivers that they’re approaching an accident-prone space earlier than they attain that part of the route. Nonetheless, Waze will restrict the variety of alerts drivers see on roads they extra frequently drive on, a limitation Google stated is meant to attenuate distractions for drivers.
The alerts have been created with synthetic intelligence that analyzed the traits of roads, akin to typical visitors ranges, elevation and whether or not the route is a street or freeway, a spokesperson stated in an announcement.
Crash historical past alerts are additionally primarily based on stories from the Waze neighborhood, which offer historic crash knowledge, the spokesperson stated.
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