The feature allows users to see speed limits, speed cameras and mobile speed cameras on the map before they leave and will dole out a verbal warning as drivers approach
In this Aug. 8, 2018, file photo, a mobile phone displays a user’s travels using Google Maps in New York.Drivers using Google Maps are getting a last-minute warning as they approach some photo radar camera locations.
It also gives a verbal warning – an automated voice saying “speed camera ahead” – when drivers are near a fixed speed camera.“The biggest thing we love … is we place those by collision statistics,” said Sgt. Joerg Gottschling of the Calgary Police Service traffic section. “If we do a new site, if we are going to install a new camera, the next site is always selected by the next highest crash site.
The technology company said there’s no plan to merge Google Maps with Waze, a community-based traffic and navigation app that allows drivers to share real-time traffic and road information.
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