4 Apps That Can Help Protect Your Car - In recent years, the app market has continued to push into
new areas of our lives, offering us assistance with our work, exercise, health
monitoring, and more. It seemed only natural that our smartphones would inevitably
be used as tools to make us safer drivers, and with the current vehicle-based
apps on offer, that assumption has definitely been proven correct. Like any
other app market, the seemingly endless variety of driving-based programs can
quickly become daunting to the uninitiated, but if you’re interested in
learning how your smartphone can assist you on the road, here are 4 basic apps
that can help keep your car—and anyone inside it—safe.
Car Dashboard
Most of these apps will require a windshield-or-dashboard-mounted
bracket for your smartphone, and Car Dashboard is no exception. However, once
you finally go through the hassle of mounting the bracket in your vehicle, Car
Dashboard immediately makes up for the trouble by giving you an incredible
range of helpful diagnostic readouts, like a miniature HUD screen from a
cockpit. Temperature, elevation, speed warnings, compass direction, GPS info,
and much more are immediately available, all within an attractive and
futuristic-looking app that is easy to read.
aCar
If you’re one of the many drivers who has trouble keeping
track of your vehicle’s maintenance, aCar is definitely for you. This app gives
you an incredibly easy way to keep track of the work necessary to keep your car
rolling, including general maintenance, oil changes, fill-ups, mileage,
receipts, and any other info that is important to keep on hand, both for the
longevity of your vehicle and for any trip-based write-offs you may be eligible
for come tax season.
iOnRoad
This app can be used as a helpful electronic eye that can
warn you about potentially unsafe driving conditions, such as lane departure
warnings, collision alarms, and more. Combining your phone’s camera and GPS
with a few of its own custom sensors, iOnRoad can be used as an additional
failsafe for keeping your concentration fully on the road when you’re behind
the wheel.
Additionally, this app can also be a great aid for parking
in monstrously huge lots, as it can be set to automatically take a picture of your
surrounding parking space and mark the spot on your phone’s GPS.
AutoBoy BlackBox
One of the most popular driving-app categories is the “black
box,” named after the device in a plane that makes a detailed recording of a
flight’s history, useful if there’s ever an accident or issue that needs to be
investigated. Since automobile accidents—even ones that result in no damage
done to people or additional property—are an increasingly expensive event these
days, it can be invaluable to have a video log of your driving day, giving you
the perfect evidence for when you’re discussing how someone pulled out in front
of you. Autoboy’s BlackBox is one of the best driving log apps out there, and
with a particularly effective free version, there’s no reason not to try this
out today on your commute.
Once you start digging around iTunes or Google Play, you’ll
quickly finding hundreds of apps that can be used to support the overall health
of your automobile, but these 4 give you a nice sample tray of the main
categories out there, and will let you determine if you’re interested in
further exploring your options.
Author Bio:
John is a blogger who has been very fortunate in his driving
history, although he once went over a year without having his oil changed. He
writes for Internet
insurer Protect Your Bubble, who can provide you great rental car
protection for your next trip, even if you aren’t using a video black box to
record your driving.
