For one month, RATP will test the application with users of the two buses. Paris regionannounced Le Parisien. For the device to work, the transport authority equipped the two vehicles with a special loudspeaker that emits ultrasound when the driver honks the horn. These ultrasounds will be captured by all downloaded smartphones. SAM (Mobile Notification System) application.
RATP is testing SAM, an app designed to alert users of the arrival of a bus or tram
It will start with the application turn off the sound emitted by the smartphone. Users with headphones or earphones will therefore no longer be able to listen to music. Secondly, your smartphone will vibrate and display a warning: “watch out for the bus”.
First of all, it is users who have become accustomed to isolating themselves and remain stuck on the screen of their smartphones targeted by RATP. “We don’t see what’s going on around anymore, so sometimes it gets scuffed and that’s the least serious. The most serious thing is to get crushed or worse. If you add the electric cars to this, we did not leave the hostel.Samir, an average user, explains to our colleagues at France Inter.
“With the development of public transport such as the very quiet tram or the spread of low-noise electric vehicles, such devices will become indispensable” She thinks of Benjamin Charles, Sam’s project manager at RATP. According to a study, French drivers prefer electric cars over diesel.
“Pedestrians represent 22% of fatal car accident victims.
The number of pedestrians hit by a tram train that has grown since recent years has increased by 50%. However, inattention is often caused by smartphone use. Finds RATP in Google Play Store. For now, the app is really reserved for Android users.
After the first test phase launched in November 2018, SAM Other Ile-de-France bus and tram lines from 2019guarantees RATP. What do you think about this app? will you download?
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