Apple Maps will help drivers avoid speed and traffic cameras in iOS 14

Apple Maps users will soon be able to avoid speed and traffic cameras by using a built in feature set for debut with iOS 14.

Apple announced many new improvements for privacy and security across its platforms during the WWDC keynote presentation on Monday, but one potentially controversial feature was left unmentioned. When iOS 14 launches this fall, Apple Maps will inform users of upcoming speed and traffic cameras when navigating through their town.

Traffic cams can be a nuisance for drivers as people try to beat the light or slam on their brakes to avoid a ticket. Avoiding those intersections when possible can likely make things a bit easier for drivers.

Details are scarce, but the addition appears to integrate on-map markers for speed cameras and red-light cameras along a given route. Users are made aware of said cameras as they approach one and can view individual cameras while browsing a map. Whether users can create custom routes to avoid traffic cameras is unclear.

The announcement of traffic cam markers was overshadowed by major Maps advancements like improved privacy, cycling options, electrical vehicle routing, congestion zones and a new Guides feature.

The new setting is not present in the current developer beta of iOS 14, but should be enabled later. It is likely that Apple will need specific mapping data for these intersections, suggesting the feature will be released in phases.

12 Comments

gerard 83 comments · 11 Years

About 4 years ago

Quite a few apps already have this capability. I am pleasantly surprised to hear of this addition. Anything to help keep citizens from unnecessarily giving away hard earned cash to greedy governments. We pay enough taxes already.

GeeAye 39 comments · 5 Years

At last, instead of taking a direct route on high speed limit roads at the speed limit, I can drive through minor roads at dangerous speeds to reach my destination later.

PetrolDave 59 comments · 7 Years

Better make sure Apple disable it in France as possession of a device that warns of speed cameras is illegal, and in theory can lead to the device being confiscated by the Gendarmes.

ifullgaz 7 comments · 9 Years

PetrolDave said:

Better make sure Apple disable it in France as possession of a device that warns of speed cameras is illegal, and in theory can lead to the device being confiscated by the Gendarmes.

France has become a communist country under a dictatorial regime where individual freedom is slowly eradicated.
The French are like the proverbial frog (pun intended) that doesn’t réalisés that it’s being cooked slowly until it’s too late... at what point she can’t fight back and dies.
Shame, I liked the cheese!

smiffy31 202 comments · 12 Years

PetrolDave said:

Better make sure Apple disable it in France as possession of a device that warns of speed cameras is illegal, and in theory can lead to the device being confiscated by the Gendarmes.

That is not how it works, radar detectors are not allowed but using the GPS to warn the user in the proximity of a radar is allowed (voir le site coyote (https://www.moncoyote.com/fr/)).