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Verity Truelove, Senior Research Fellow in Road Safety Research, University of the Sunshine Coast

‘I’m coming home from a party, and I don’t want to end up getting arrested’: do driving apps help people break road rules?

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Apps such as Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze can tell drivers when they are approaching speed cameras or random breath testing stations. Countries such as Germany, France and Switzerland have banned apps from displaying these enforcement locations.

But what effect are these apps having in Australia – are they helping drivers break road rules?

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