App: Help Others On Motorcycles Be Safe - Great Software

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App: Help Others On Motorcycles Be Safe - Great Software

<table cellspacing="0" align="left" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/newspics4/MotoSmarty-Assign.jpg" width="100" height="150" title="MotoSmarty Assign" alt="MotoSmarty Assign" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/newspics4/MotoSmarty-Direction.jpg" width="100" height="137" title="MotoSmarty Direction" alt="MotoSmarty Direction" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table>#iPhone #App #Dangers - We told you some 2 weeks ago about a French initiative to use crowd-sourcing to highlight road infrastructure problems. The initiative was not bad, but quite limited since it requires to you to remember where the danger spots where during a ride and then fill them in on the web later. However a much better method has been launched in Belgium for its surrounding countries (so not limited to one country) using smartphones. The approach is quite interesting, innovative and biker safe. Maybe you can lobby the developer to release the app for the rest of the world since everyone can benefit from this app.<br><br>

The app is called Moto Smarty and currently works on iPhones with an Android version in test (they are looking for testers). It's the way they allow you to share your experience in bad or dangerous roads that makes this application so interesting.<br><br>

Basically Moto Smarty records all hazards; potholes, manholes, fissures, slippery surfaces, bumps, dangerous curves, etc... they even warn you of speed bumps. The danger points are pointed out by other motorcycle riders (even car drivers) traveling those same roads and encountering the problem areas.<br><br>

But here's where it gets interesting........... <br><br>

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