Forsman & Bodenfors' Child-voiced GPS Is Helping Keep Roads Safe

In an effort to get drivers to slow down where it matters the most, Forsman & Bodenfors developed the sat nav app “Slow Down GPS”. It’s like any other voice navigation app, except for one childish feature: when driving in areas where it's more likely to be children around, the navigation voice automatically switches to a child’s voice. 

In the first version of the app, GPS-locations for all schools and day-care centres in the Nordic region have been added. But through a crowdsourcing project on the If website, people are also asked to suggest more locations where the voice should switch to a child’s voice.

The app is available for free download in App Store and Google play.