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Dense fog, heavy rain, a broken-down vehicle behind the bend: in road traffic, such sudden events can have far-reaching consequences. With its road hazard service, Bosch provides drivers with real-time information about potential hazards en route, thereby considerably reducing the risk of accidents.
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Since June 2024, the Bosch road hazard service has been in use millions of times over in Europe in the car fleet of a leading German automaker. Now Bosch is bringing the service to the commercial vehicle segment: starting in December 2024, it will also be available in vehicles from Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The next goal is to expand rollout of the service to cars and trucks worldwide and thus increase road safety for as many people as possible.
With the Bosch road hazard service, drivers receive real-time warnings about current events on their route. This includes information about accidents, wrong-way drivers, heavy rain or wind, broken-down vehicles, or restricted visibility due to, say, dense fog.
The road hazard service is part of Bosch’s connected map services, which bring more safety and convenience to the vehicle. Their swarm data and weather information can also be used to optimize driver assistance systems such as adaptive cruise control or automatic emergency braking.
Connected map services play an important role in increasingly assisted and automated driving. They act as an additional sensor that looks far beyond the field of view and range of radar and video sensors to reliably supply the automated vehicle with all relevant data for safe driving, even in poor visibility conditions. In contrast to non connected vehicles, vehicles with connected map services benefit from the combined experience of all connected vehicles. This allows the vehicle systems to determine things such as the optimum driving speed in a traffic circle, the exact lane geometry and driving trajectory at convoluted intersections, or localization landmarks that the vehicle can use to calculate its position with centimeter precision. As a result, automated vehicles can drive more naturally and predictively.
Improved driving experience through predictive comfort and safety services. The crowd-sourced map services extend the vehicle’s field of view like an additional sensor. From difficult weather and road conditions, to accidents or wrong-way drivers, to curvy roads or complex crossings in unknown cities, based on crowd-based data from millions of cars, the car knows what's coming next before the driver or sensors can even see it. Thus, the car can adjust its driving behavior or give warnings and recommendations to drivers.
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