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Hitch-hiking function added to motorists’ app

A new hitch-hiking function has been added to the speed-check warning application belonging to the Polish firm Yanosik. Potential hitch-hikers log into the new Yanosik Autostop function using Facebook, after which drivers are notified about them at the same time as receiving traffic and radar warnings. The Yanosik app is currently available free of charge on Google Play for Android system users.
March 27, 2014 Read time: 1 min
A new hitch-hiking function has been added to the speed-check warning application belonging to the Polish firm Yanosik. Potential hitch-hikers log into the new Yanosik Autostop function using Facebook, after which drivers are notified about them at the same time as receiving traffic and radar warnings. The Yanosik app is currently available free of charge on 1224 Google Play for 1223 Android system users.

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