Speed camera alerts on navigation apps may be training drivers to speed

By Levi Anderson, Research Associate, Road Safety, University of the Sunshine Coast

Navigation apps such as Waze, Google Maps and Apple Maps offer drivers many useful functions, but one of them is sometimes controversial: advance notice of police or speed cameras ahead.

In new research, my colleagues and I ran experiments to see how these alerts affect driver behaviour in the real world.

We found drivers slow down when they get a warning, which came as no surprise. But the more worrying part is what drivers do when the app stays quiet.

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Speed camera alerts on navigation apps may be training drivers to speed

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