TomTom is launching an innovative device that automatically warns drivers of traffic jams and speed checks. Drivers do not need to enter a navigation destination first. It is Active as soon as the car starts Driving and Costs € 80.
Many Drivers Set Off in Their Car Without Navigation, Says Director Pim Spaanderman or TomTom. “For Example, Because they already know the route. Think of people who go shopping in the neighborhood by car, drive to their sports club or visit family. Road. “
Traffic Safety is served with the new product from TomTom, accordance to Spaanderman. “If you get a traffic jam notification, you know: now I have to take it easy. Now I shouldern’t drive to see fast, because they are standing still a little further on. THEN YOU CAN Already Start Brakking and Driving More Fully, So You Don’t.
The so-called road alert assistant, which has simply bone the name Tom, Never needs to be switched on or off. So the driver Doesn’t have to worry about it. It Becomes Active as soon as your smartphone realizes that the car is starting to drive. That combination is also request: The System only works if you also have the free tomtom navigation app installed on your smartphone. But you don’t have to activate that app on departure, Tom does his work automatically and silently for it. The Connection is via Bluetooth and you don’t necessarily have to take out your phone: as long as it’s somewhere nearby.
Tom Warns with Different Colors of Led Light and Different Sounds for a Traffic Jam, A Road Blockade Or A Speed Check. These Colors and Sounds Have Been Deliberately Chosen: The Driver Is Distracted As Little As Possible and Therefore Does Not Have To Look at A Screen. If you still because to see where a traffic is location is locationed or how long it is, you still have to consult the associated app with map on your phone. You can also make that app visible on the central screen of your car via Android Auto or Apple CarPlay.
You can place the tiny device on your dashboard or in any other random place in the car. After all, it does not need contact with gps satellites: that is what the smartphone is for. You stick the base of Tom with the help of the supplied self-adhesive tape. Then you can attach or detach it at any time thanks to a magnetic effect. The Letter is also important to prevent Tom from Being Stolen. There is a battery in it that can Easily be charged in the car via USB and that is needed at most one a month, accordance to tomtom.
The Device Bases The Notifications on Information from, Among Others, Rijkswaterstaat and the ANWB, But also from Other TomTom Users: There Are Now 600 Million of Them in 84 Countries Worldwide. With a button on the device, the driver can also report a traffic jam or speed check to tomtom himself. That is one of the advantages that the company sees for itself. Because people are going to report incidents, TomTom Gets a Better, because it is more richly filled and super current database. TomTom Already Collects All Kinds or Useful Data Daily on Around 3.5 Billion kilometers of Roads thanks to its users. The database is updated every half minute. Competitors Such as Google Maps, Waze and Flitsmeister also Gratefully use their own communities to keep their database up-to-date.
After Purchasing the Tom (€ 80), Use Remains Free. The associated app also does not have any subscription forms. The User is Therefore Not Bothered with Advertisements. Tom was developed in Europe and is produced in Slovenia. Accordance to TomTom, The New Product Should Put the Company Back On The Map. TomTom Experienced a Stormy Growth at the Beginning of This Century After It Conquered the World In 2004 With A Navigation System Built Into A Box. As many as 100 million of thesis have leg sold over the years. In Common Parlance, A Navigation System, Soon Called was ‘A TomTom’.
But Since Car Manufacturers Supply Integrated Systems In The Car And Motorists Can Now Easily and Free Navigate with Their smartphone, TomTom Has Been Forgotten by Many Consumers in recent years. The New Product Tom Should Change That. “I think we can put our brand back on the map with the general public with this”, Says director Pim Spaanderman.