Next Time You Hit the Brakes, This App Could Warn the Car Behind
- Nexar mobile app creates alert system with network of drivers
- Google’s Waze, car fleets, insurance firms partner with Nexar
Vehicles stuck on the road at the evening rush hours in Beijing.
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Drivers in San Francisco, Manhattan and Tel Aviv may soon have another safety tool at their disposal: a mobile app that alerts them to dangers ahead in the road.
Nexar Ltd., an Israeli startup whose app records video from a smartphone’s camera to capture hard brakes and collisions, will from today turn its users into a vehicle-to-vehicle network to prevent crashes before they happen. The app is already used by professional car fleets and insurance companies to reconstruct traffic accidents.