An app that promises to keep users abreast of accidents on their holiday route‚ alerts about stop-go’s‚ update on toll plaza queue lengths is free for download.
GoMetro Traffic is‚ its creators said‚ “a new locally developed app for smartphones aimed at getting holiday travellers to their destinations safely”..
“The GoMetro Traffic app puts traffic news and updates in your pocket‚ warning you about incidents ahead of you‚ so that you can choose an alternative route‚ or give yourself the time you need to get to your holiday destination without issue‚” they said.
GoMetro’s Justin Coetzee said what makes makes GoMetro Traffic different is “that other traffic applications are focused on navigation‚ and require a user to keep their GPS on all the time in order to receive traffic information”.
“Obviously‚ this kills battery life and can overheat your phone. Our app doesn’t waste battery life because we don’t use your GPS to send contextual traffic alerts‚ rather using a saved trip card‚” he elaborated.
“We also don’t want to distract you while you are driving‚ so simply save a trip card and we use the info you have shared with us to determine when to send you a push message about a traffic incident.”
GoMetro partnered with TrafficNet to develop and launch the app.
TrafficNet’s Rob Byrne explained the collaboration: “Our TrafficSA Twitter account grew very quickly to almost 200000 followers‚ many of whom are continually asking us for relevant traffic information.
“We realised that the existing apps on smartphones were focused more on on-trip navigation‚ and not contextual traffic information. This need led us to collaborate with GoMetro on providing a trip-planning app for drivers.”
The app is available for download in the Apple App Store for iOS‚ and will be available in the Google Play Store soon.
New traffic app to keep users alert
GoMetro Traffic is‚ its creators said‚ “a new locally developed app for smartphones aimed at getting holiday travellers to their destinations safely”..
“The GoMetro Traffic app puts traffic news and updates in your pocket‚ warning you about incidents ahead of you‚ so that you can choose an alternative route‚ or give yourself the time you need to get to your holiday destination without issue‚” they said.
GoMetro’s Justin Coetzee said what makes makes GoMetro Traffic different is “that other traffic applications are focused on navigation‚ and require a user to keep their GPS on all the time in order to receive traffic information”.
“Obviously‚ this kills battery life and can overheat your phone. Our app doesn’t waste battery life because we don’t use your GPS to send contextual traffic alerts‚ rather using a saved trip card‚” he elaborated.
“We also don’t want to distract you while you are driving‚ so simply save a trip card and we use the info you have shared with us to determine when to send you a push message about a traffic incident.”
GoMetro partnered with TrafficNet to develop and launch the app.
TrafficNet’s Rob Byrne explained the collaboration: “Our TrafficSA Twitter account grew very quickly to almost 200000 followers‚ many of whom are continually asking us for relevant traffic information.
“We realised that the existing apps on smartphones were focused more on on-trip navigation‚ and not contextual traffic information. This need led us to collaborate with GoMetro on providing a trip-planning app for drivers.”
The app is available for download in the Apple App Store for iOS‚ and will be available in the Google Play Store soon.
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