rajkotupdates.news : the ministry of transport will launch a road safety navigation app

rajkotupdates.news : the ministry of transport will launch a road safety navigation app

The Union Transport Ministry has launched an app to further improve road safety. The app provides alerts about accidents, breakers and other problems. The user does not have to recompence any fee for this.

Let us tell you that, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday launched a mobile app developed by MapmyIndia in collaboration with IIT, Madras. Which will alert the users about every black spot coming so that the drivers can take precautions. Can A road ministry official said that this is a “free to use” navigation app service and by using this app.  Users will also get voice and visual alerts about upcoming speed breakers, sharp turns and potholes. The app “MOVE” had won the government’s Atmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge in 2020.

You Will Get Information About Breakers, Curves, Pits

The navigation app service provides voice and visual alerts to drivers about upcoming accident prone areas, speed breakers, sharp curves and potholes among other hazards. This is a part of the road transport ministry’s planning to reduce accidents and deaths due to road accidents in the country.

IIT Madras Adopted data Driven Road Safety Model

Last month, the road ministry officially adopted a data-driven road safety model developed by researchers at IIT Madras with funding from the World Bank. More than 32 states and union territories will use the Institute’s advanced Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) model to help make roads safer and improve emergency response.

The Ministry of Transport Will launch a Road Safety Navigation App

Users and authorities can report accidents, unsafe areas, road and traffic issues through the app, which will be analysed by IIT, Madras and will then be used by the government to improve road conditions in future,” the official added.

Prof Venkatesh Balasubramanian from the engineering design department of IIT Madras said, “This is something like a digital accident alert board. It’s an attempt to share the high frequency accident zones on roads to the public as an alert. It has all the black spots mapped across India and this database will be continuously updated with our iRAD-based data collection and analysis.”

Road Ministry Launches Navigation App ‘Move’ To Deliver Road Safety Alerts

Drivers will receive voice and visual notifications about future accident-prone zones, speed breakers, sharp curves, and potholes, among other risks, via the navigation app service. The effort is a part of the road transport ministry’s goal to reduce the number of road accidents and fatalities in the country.

This navigation app service ‘MOVE by MapmyIndia won The government’s Aatmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge in 2020’. Citizens and authorities can also use the service to report and broadcast accidents, unsafe places, and road and traffic difficulties on the map in order to assist other users. IIT Madras and MapmyIndia will analyse the data, which will subsequently be used by the government to enhance road conditions in the future.

The IIT team inked agreements with a number of state governments to assist them in developing a road map for decreasing road fatalities by half by 2030, with the ultimate objective of zero deaths from traffic accidents.

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The Ministry of Transport Will launch a Road Safety Navigation App?

MapmyIndia mobile app has been develop by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to empower the highway users, it said adding the key feature of the app includes provision for the user to enter road quality-related information or to report any accident,

What are the benefits of MapmyzIndia app?

By using this navigation app, users will get voice and visual alerts about upcoming accident-prone zones, speed breakers, sharp curves, potholes etc,