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“Yandex Maps” causes drivers to “overshoot” at junctions and break traffic rules

  • September 14, 2022
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Yandex Maps has launched new voice prompts designed to protect drivers from accidental traffic police fines for getting out of line. In addition, the navigator helps you not

Yandex Maps has launched new voice prompts designed to protect drivers from accidental traffic police fines for getting out of line. In addition, the navigator helps you not to miss the turn, for example at difficult junctions, which is especially important in megacities.

How it works? The application tells the driver in advance which lane to drive in so as not to miss the turn to the right. Voice prompts are, of course, much more effective than distracting the driver from the road in an attempt to look at the navigator. For motorcyclists, such a decision is a gift of fate.

— We studied intersections and complex junctions, where drivers often deviate from the route, and lanes in places with difficult manoeuvres. Now you can quickly generate voice directions for such places with our algorithm,” said Artem Zvyagin, Yandex Maps Product Manager, on the AvtoVzglyad portal. – For example, if the application previously asked: “Turn right after 60 meters”, it can now give a more precise indication: “After 60 meters keep the second right lane and then turn right.”

The new service is active throughout Russia. True, it only activates when Alice’s voice is enabled.

How it works? The application tells the driver in advance which lane to drive in so as not to miss the turn to the right. Voice prompts are, of course, much more effective than distracting the driver from the road in an attempt to look at the navigator. For motorcyclists, such a decision is a gift of fate.

— We studied intersections and complex junctions, where drivers often deviate from the route, and lanes in places with difficult manoeuvres. Now you can quickly generate voice directions for such places with our algorithm,” said Artem Zvyagin, Yandex Maps Product Manager, on the AvtoVzglyad portal. – For example, if the application previously asked: “Turn right after 60 meters”, it can now give a more precise indication: “After 60 meters keep the second right lane and then turn right.”

The new service is active throughout Russia. True, it only activates when Alice’s voice is enabled.

Source: Avto Vzglyad

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