Amigo—Encouraging Safe Driving
• Road traffic accidents are the number one cause of death in
Israel, for young and old alike.
• Despite the best efforts of the police, hundreds die on the roads
every year.
• The percentage of young people involved in fatal road traffic
accidents is disproportionately high compared to other age
groups.
Youths Involved in Road Traffic Accidents
Drivers under the age of
24 account for 60% of
self-caused accidents, but
only 24% of accidents
overall.
For drivers under 18, the
figures are even more
astonishing: they account
for 36.5% of self-caused
accidents, but only 4% of
accidents overall.
Data from the Israeli Police
Excess Speed and Deviating from Road Lane Are Two of the Main
Causes of Fatal Road Traffic Accidents
Cause % of All % of Fatal
Accidents Accidents
Failing to Observe Traffic Light 13 4
Deviating from Lane 9 14
Failing to Give Right of Way to Vehicle 11 5
Failing to Obey Stop Sign 8 2
Failing to Obey Right of Way Sign 8 3
Failing to Keep Distance 8 3
Excess Speed 5 13
Incorrect Turn 5 2
Behaviour of Pedestrian 4 16
Failing to Give Right of Way to Pedestrians 4 4
Israel Is the World’s Worst for Road Traffic Accident
Fatalities Relative to Number of Vehicles.
Wonder how your kids
drive when you’re not
around?
Hopefully, they don’t
drive as fast as this
round bends:
Or too fast to stop
at the lights:
Or do crazy
things like this:
Amigo wants to encourage young
people to enjoy freedom and
independence, while giving parents the
means to know if their children are
getting carried away and driving
dangerously.
Amigo–Encouraging Safe Driving
Parents of teenagers who
recently received their driver’s
license now have a simple
means of observing how their
children drive alone: UMS.
Amigo–Encouraging Safe Driving
UMS
• sends a text message from the vehicle to pre-
chosen telephone numbers every time the
vehicle deviates from the set limits for speed,
acceleration, etc
• can be controlled by sending a text message
from the parent’s mobile telephone
Amigo–Encouraging Safe Driving
Monitors
• sharp breaking
• excessive acceleration
• sudden deceleration
• dangerous turns
• speed
Amigo–Encouraging Safe Driving
System Components
• Protector—a sophisticated GPS-enabled
monitor with multi-directional motion sensor,
manufactured by Self-Positioning
• Modem
• GPS/mobile phone antenna
Now you can know as soon as your child
starts to speed: UMS can send a message
direct from the car to your mobile phone.
UMS can also tell you if
they’ve braked too hard.
And it can tell you when they
set off like a rally driver.
UMS
Universal Mobile System
You can prevent another
accident.