DRIVERS using Google Maps may notice a number of important new warnings appear on the app from today. More types of incident reports have been spotted on the platform lately which must not be ignored. The app has been introducing a growing number of features seen on Waze, which is also owned by Google. At the end of last year, we saw the ability to report police sightings on Google Maps. And now some more alerts have started cropping up.
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So far, they've only been seen on Android Auto dashboards - not to be confused with Android phones. And it's landed on the iOS version of Google Maps too. It will likely roll out to Android phones at some point soon. Android Police reports that three new alerts have began appearing. And the trio are all important for road safety. They are:. Of course, flooded road alerts are there to warn you after a heavy rain downpour.
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Low visibility will appear when an area is suffering with dense fog. And unplowed road will pop up after hefty snowfall for roads that may be too tricky drive through. The alerts are handy but some motorists have already complained that there are too many on the app. "The alerts are not only unhelpful 99% of the time, they are actively distracting while trying to drive and also interrupt whatever music or podcasts you're trying to listen to on your road trip," one user recently wrote on Reddit.
"Every 3 minutes I would hear "ping ping! There's police up ahead" followed by a dialog box asking me to confirm if what it just told me is even true or not *facepalm*.". Another commented: "I totally agree, I hate it.". These are the speed limits for every type of road vehicle in the UK. The speed limit for all types of vehicles in built-up areas is 30mph. Be it a car, a motorcycle, a bus or a heavy vehicle, across the UK, you can only drive at 30mph in such roads.
