Traffic alerts keep drivers awake

Traffic announcements are intended to keep drivers alert.

The often quite boring and mostly fully automated late-night programs of private television channels are intended to help prevent drivers from falling asleep at the wheel in the future. To achieve this, specific music tracks with activated voice recognition will be broadcast regularly and without prior notice. However, drivers should ensure that they have pressed the traffic information button on their car radio before starting their journey.

The music titles, which are sent with an identification signal, will be played by the car radio at a higher volume. However, only individual tracks should be played loudly to avoid habituation. It is also conceivable to broadcast an announcement every hour that encourages drivers to take a break.

Since home devices typically do not process traffic radio broadcasts, there is no reason to assume that it will disturb people sleeping and listening to the radio at home. Furthermore, this additional function is completely cost-neutral from a programming perspective, as the traffic information feature can be fully automated, just like the rest of the program.

Hi,

Just because a few people can't manage to take a break when they're tired, everyone else has to deal with the consequences (like adjusting the radio volume, turning off traffic reports completely, and then forgetting to turn them back on).
There used to be a radio station that would calmly start playing music after the traffic report, following a brief sound effect – often described as a "peep."
Sometimes I get really startled when the radio suddenly blasts out loudly in the middle of a sentence while I'm driving. When you're on the highway at 70 km/h and have just turned up the volume to listen to traffic announcements on the autobahn, it sounds like a deer has just flown onto your roof.

Best regards,

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