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frEE pHoNE app for road The app was developed by the harder to justify. Also, receivers that can
CoNdITIoNS Information Network of Arkansas, a detect the Doppler radar waves emitted
A new mobile phone app called division of e-government service pro- by police speed guns—like the original
Ready AR features up-to-date informa- vider NIC, over a period of about two Fuzz Busters—are legal in the United
tion on Arkansas road conditions, cur- months. Ready AR is free to download, States.
rent weather conditions, warnings and and available for the iOS and Android
emergency planning, according to the operating systems. fEwEr TEENaGErS drIvE
Arkansas Department of Emergency aNd drINk
Management (ADEM). fUzz bUSTEr SmarT pHoNES Twenty years ago, almost one-
The app’s roadways icon links to A new smartphone application fourth of teenagers 16 and older admit-
resources from the state highway and in Europe will allow smart phones to ted to drinking and driving within the
transportation department, including detect mobile speed cameras and radar previous 30 days. That’s dropped to just
maps and road closure information. guns in a law enforcement officer’s over 10 percent today, according to a
Geospatial features align alerts to a car long before the driver gets within new study by the Centers for Disease
user’s specific location when they access sight. Coyote, a French company, also Control and Prevention.
the app. Users can also review condi- monitors a driver’s speed against posted The agency credited the nearly 54
tions in other areas of the state. limits and advises of traffic jams. The percent decline to stricter laws against
“A lot of times, in an emergency you French government actually applauded drunken driving and restrictions on
may have trouble making phone calls,” the company last year saying that teenagers’ driving privileges, like limits
explained Bob Sanders, director of opera- Coyote’s new application is a “useful on the hours they may legally drive at
tions for Arkansas.gov. “You may have driver education tool.” night.
trouble getting to the Internet, and we In the United States, where speed Drinking and driving among
wanted users to be able to have access to cameras are not as widely used, services teenagers is a factor in more than 800
that information even if they didn’t have like Coyote’s, which costs $63 a year or deaths annually, and car crashes.
an Internet connection.” $185 when purchased by the month, are

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