This is a new Google Maps feature that will get you out of fines.

We are in mid-July, the time when Many Spaniards take advantage of the opportunity to go on holidaySome will use a plane, others a train, and even a boat, but one of The star vehicle remains the car. And in order not to get lost, many drivers use Google Mapsa famous app that just added new feature that will help you avoid a fine.

Specifically, we are talking about yours new radar speed warningA an aspect that is starting to worry the DGTWe are commenting on this because according to the data Put on the brakes For the first five months of the year 440 dead on our roadsnumbers that haven’t been reached since 2016. So remember that speed is no joke.

We already know that radars on Spanish roads are common They are usually labeled and publicly available.. That’s why since then Google Maps took the opportunity to include them in our database in such a way that if we specify a route He will warn us when we approach one of them.. A function that is also complemented by the indication of speed signs.

But it is necessary to take into account that This speed camera alert is not active by default in Google Maps.so you will have to do it yourself when using the app. The steps are quite simple, so you don’t have to worry about it. Here’s how you can activate it:

1. The first step is quite simple as you will need to open the application.
2. After loading, we will need to look in the upper right corner at the icon of two overlapping squares, which indicate the layers that are on the maps.
3. Clicking on it will immediately display the types of cards available so we can customize them to our liking.
4. Well, there’s one down below called Trafficclick on it and it will be ready

By following these four steps Google Maps radar alerts will now appear automatically.We will see them on the screen with orange camera iconalthough it also alerts you via the voice assistant. In addition, we will see other types of alerts such as works, delays, closed lanes or vehicles stopped on the road.

In some cases you will also see the same symbol, but in color blue. This is another opportunity that offers Google Mapscopied from other famous applications like Wazewith which users can mark the location of a radar they have spotted on the road. Once notified, do not do this while driving: other drivers on the same route will be asked to save it for confirmation. This last detail is one of the problems that DGT is considering the possibility of withdrawing funds, as we told you a few days ago..