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November 25, 2016       Share:    

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-15/next-time-you-hit-the-brakes-this-app-could-warn-the-car-behind

Israeli Mobil App Warns Drivers of Dangers

(Bloomberg) Gwen Ackerman - Nexar Ltd., an Israeli startup whose app records video from a smartphone's camera, is turning its users into a vehicle-to-vehicle network to prevent crashes before they happen. Nexar installed in one car will be able to send an alert to a driver in another vehicle if it makes a sudden stop, for example, or if an obstacle is blocking traffic. These sensors are delicate enough to let the app log potholes. Since launching in February with its recording application, Nexar has signed on 50,000 users in Tel Aviv, San Francisco and Manhattan, and recorded about half a million instances of dangerous driving events. Wide-scale deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle networks could prevent about 79% of all collisions, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a 2014 report.

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