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To reduce the risk of collision, the app now alerts motorists to the yellow reflective vests on the highway.

"Vehicle intervention highway, be careful. This is the message that the more than 5 million users of the GPS Navigation App can now see on their Smartphone screen as they approach men in yellow who wears safety clothing.

Among the hundreds of thousands of motorists who will take the road this Friday and Saturday, classified orange by smart Bison because of the departures on vacation of the zone C, the first to take advantage of this warning system are those traveling on the network of Vinci Auto routes and Sane-SAPN.

"When an officer stops his van along the traffic lanes for an intervention, to help a customer who has broken down or to remove an object from the roadway for example, he signals his presence to the operation center that relays the information. In real time to the application Wade, ", says one of Vinci Auto routes.

188 accidents last year

The alert, such as that signaling an accident, a traffic jam or the presence of police, is accompanied by a pictogram: a yellow triangle encouraging caution and vigilance when approaching the area.

The accident logy of the personnel of the motorway companies is in a net increase. 188 accidents were reported on the entire motorway network last year, compared with 124 in 2016. A patroller was killed, hit by a truck while placing traffic cones. 14 other patrollers were injured in 2017, compared to 9 the previous year, because  of wearing safety clothing with reflective materials.

"Most van crashes are related to driver inattentiveness and should be avoided," says one hopeful at Vinci Auto routes, a survey found that 58% of drivers admit forgetting to slow down near an area. Of work. Two hundred "yellow vests" had demonstrated in October before the French Association of Motorway Companies (AFSA) to ask for measures in favor of their safety.