For years, waze It has established itself as one of the favorite navigation applications of millions of drivers thanks to its real-time warnings about traffic, accidents, works, radars or incidents on the road. However, as we all know, motorcyclists have always missed a specific function that takes into account the particularities of moving on 2 wheels.
But, as we are telling you, this changes from now on with the announcement of a new specific navigation mode for motorcycles. Googleowner of waze Since 2013, it has confirmed the arrival of an update that uses artificial intelligence and data contributed by the user community to calculate routes designed specifically for motorcycles, instead of adapting routes designed for cars.
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The main advantage is that the system understands that a motorcycle does not always circulate the same as a car. In many cases you can use more agile routes, access certain links or avoid holds in a different way, so the «Time estimates and routes will be much more accurate«. At the same time, the app also takes into account motorcycle-specific restrictions that exist in certain countries.
One of the most interesting aspects of this update are the «new security alerts«. waze will notify the pilot of the presence of «potholes, speed bumps, raised pedestrian crossings, narrow bridges or poor shouldersado”, elements that can go practically unnoticed for a car but that on a motorcycle can seriously compromise stability or even worse.
The information arrives thanks to the collaborative operation that has made waze in one of the most popular navigation applications in the world. The notices made by the users themselves are now complemented with data provided by editors specialized in motorcycle cartography, «improving the quality of routes and the detection of possible risks«.
This is a logical evolution considering the weight that motorcycles have in many markets. Countries such as Brazil, Mexico or Colombia have millions of users who use motorcycles as their main means of daily transportation, which has led to Google to develop navigation much more adapted to your needs.
However, not everything is good news for Spanish users. «The initial deployment of the motorcycle mode will be carried out only in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru and the Philippines«. Google It has already announced that it will progressively expand availability to new markets, although for now there is no scheduled date for its arrival in Spain.
In a country like ours, where the fleet of motorcycles already exceeds 6 million vehicles and more and more people use motorcycles to get around daily, the arrival of this function would have significant added value. Not only would it facilitate faster journeys, but it would also allow us to anticipate some of the dangers that most concern motorcyclists, such as potholes or deterioration of the asphalt, 2 problems that are increasingly common on many Spanish roads. Unfortunately.
