Skoda will in shape its vehicles with a new warning system established by Bosch that alerts drivers who are going the wrong method down a road to their error.
The infotainment app, which sends a warning directly to the car’s display, will be offered in the very first quarter of this year on examples of the Skoda Superb, Scala, Kamiq, Karoq as well as Kodiaq fitted with top-spec infotainment systems. other designs are set to be included before the end of 2021.

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The app – called Traffication – reads the car’s GPS place as it enters or exits a motorway as well as compares it to the direction of web traffic on that specific section of road. If these two pieces of info clash, a flashing alert will appear on the infotainment display.
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This warning is designed to begin within a few seconds, alerting the driver as soon as possible to their mistake. Oncoming road individuals with the app will likewise be alerted to the existence of a vehicle going the wrong method – a function that should be offered later this year.
The app only reads the car’s GPS data when it is entering or exiting a motorway. Bosch is in talks with other manufacturers to roll the system out on more cars.
The system has been offered as a smartphone app in 25 European countries – including the UK – since 2018, as well as is soon to be introduced in the us as well as Canada. It sees 2.5 million unique active individuals each month, evaluating 4.5 million journeys.
“Our goal is to put the wrong-way driver warning system in every car,” stated Dr Mathias Pillin, president of Bosch’s cross-domain computing solutions division. “Every death, every injury triggered by wrong-way drivers is one as well many. The more vehicles linked to the Bosch wrong-way driver warning app, the closer-knit the invisible security web will be.”
Michal Vondra, product manager for Traffication at Skoda, added: “Increasing security on the road is an important goal for Skoda. Our new app called Traffication with wrong-way driver warning brings us a step better to achieving it.”
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