‘Sat Nag’ system set to offer directions while criticising your driving

by Stevie Smith - Oct 27 2008, 14:00

If your current satellite navigation system delivers decent directional assistance but lacks the accompanying acerbic personality provided by your partner, your father, or mother-in-law, then news of a brand new GPS system designed to chastise bad driving is just what you (don’t) need.

TomTom developing back-seat driver sat nav. Image: odolphie/Flickr.

Specifically, the new Advanced Driver Assistance System (or Sat Nag) is currently being developed to offer performance-related advice to those drivers who are perhaps prone to taking corners too quickly, shifting through gears at the wrong time, or travelling at a speed that’s not optimal for fuel efficiency.Expected to be ready for integration into vehicles within the next three years, the new system will also provide ear-chewed drivers with 3D images of upcoming roads, which will detail potential obstacles and obstructions while also advising of sudden gradient changes and narrowing sections.And, building of the usefulness of conventional GPS technology, the Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) will even serve as an in-car tour guide capable of pointing out interesting local sites and even recommending reputable eateries.In development through leading satellite navigation industry players TomTom and Navteq, capabilities attributed to the new ADAS technology will benefit from live action footage, GPS information and gyroscope data that is currently being collected by vans roaming the country’s roads.According to a Times Online report, the result of this collection and collation will see ADAS and future satellite navigation technology able to offer dashboard displays featuring enhanced levels of detail, including bridges, buildings, road signs and traffic lights.Beyond its worth as a GPS system, other attributes connected to assessing the actual performance of the driver will see ADAS issuing verbal warnings for erratic driving, and even outlining any mechanical stresses suffered by the vehicle as a result.Official release dates and related price points have not yet been divulged, although TomTom and Navteq have said ADAS will be available through retail outlets and also as an integrated vehicle extra.

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