After Google Maps, Waze is the second most preferred navigation app used by drivers in the survey. Waze, also owned by Google, takes a crowdsourced approach to obtaining information. Not that far behind Waze is Apple Maps as the native iOS navigation app is the favorite of 25% of the drivers participating in the survey. Overall, 34% of drivers asked say that they have been warned about a speed trap by a navigation app.
Drivers surveyed prefer Google Maps by a huge margin over Waze and Apple Maps
What exactly defines a speedtrap? Good question. MarketWatch defines a speed trap as an area where a speed limit is set lower “than a road’s safest average rate of travel.” These roads are monitored and tracked by police looking to strictly enforce the speed limit in order to collect revenue. 30% of Americans have been caught in a speed trap. The three states with the most speed traps are Delaware, Maryland and Tennessee. North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska are the three states with the fewest speed traps.
Google Maps users are more likely to drive with a lead foot
While 70% use Google Maps to warn them of speed traps, it is Waze that is considered the best at handling this task with drivers saying that it is 30% more effective than Google Maps and 20% better than Apple Maps. Interestingly, Google Maps users are more likely to drive over the speed limit with 23% of them admitting to driving with a lead foot. Waze and Apple Maps users were next with 11% and 9% of their users respectively saying that they drive over the speed limit.
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