The Financial Supervisory Service said on the 27th it will expand voice guidance for areas with frequent intentional crashes on navigation apps from 35 to 100 nationwide. The apps offering voice guidance will also be expanded from TMAP and KakaoNavi to Naver Map (directions).
On the 27th, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), together with the General Insurance Association of Korea and T MAP Mobility, said it would expand the voice guidance service for areas with frequent intentional car crashes. Under the plan, voice guidance such as "This is a section with frequent intentional crashes. Use caution when changing lanes" will begin 150 meters before entering the area, and the crash type will be shown in a pop-up.
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) plans to introduce the voice guidance service to in-vehicle embedded navigation this year in cooperation with domestic automakers Hyundai Motor and Kia. The embedded navigation will be applied automatically from the vehicle's shipment and can be used without installing an app.
According to an earlier announcement by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the introduction of the voice guidance service for 35 areas with frequent intentional crashes in Jul. last year led to a decrease in such crashes. In the first half of last year, there were 1,662 detected cases of intentional crashes, which fell by about 21.1% to 1,311 in the second half after the service was introduced.
An official at the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said, "We will periodically update the target areas for voice guidance on intentional crashes to quickly reflect the latest detection status," adding, "The effectiveness of preventing intentional crashes is expected to be further strengthened."