Ensure safety during the Spring Festival travel rush: "Eagle Eye" gets an upgrade again, providing second-level early warnings to escort billions of passengers on their journey home.

The Spring Festival travel rush in 2026 has kicked off. According to the comprehensive assessment of the National Development and Reform Commission, within 40 days, the cross - regional movement of people in the whole society will reach 9.5 billion person - times, which is expected to hit a record high. Among them, self - driving trips will continue to be the main mode, accounting for about 80%. Ensuring the safety of people returning home during the Spring Festival travel rush has become the top priority.

In response to and implementation of the "Overall Plan for Work Safety and Service Guarantee during the Spring Festival Travel Rush of Comprehensive Transportation in 2026", and in accordance with the work arrangements of the Office of the Work Safety Committee of the State Council and the Ministry of Emergency Management, on February 6, the China Academy of Safety Science and Technology jointly launched the special project of "Eagle Eye for Safety · A Warm Journey Home" for the Spring Festival travel rush guarantee with AutoNavi.

As an important product support, the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System, with its powerful ability to perceive the overall traffic dynamics and issue second - level warnings for potential accident risks, provides users with more peace of mind and an extra layer of protection on their journey home.

Perceive the overall traffic dynamics and issue second - level warnings for potential accident risks

The Eagle Eye Guard Warning System is the core technological achievement of a national key research and development plan jointly released by the China Academy of Safety Science and Technology and AutoNavi on September 28, 2025.

The birth of this technology stems from the profound reflection on real accidents. In the landslide accident on the Meida Expressway in Guangdong in 2024, a car owner mentioned during the rescue that it was the voice warning of "vehicles braking suddenly ahead" sent by AutoNavi a few seconds in advance that allowed him to brake in time and avoid more serious consequences.

After continuous iteration, the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System can perceive 24 types of potential traffic risks beyond the line of sight, such as major abnormal events, sudden braking ahead, night - time trucks, oncoming vehicles around bends, etc. At the same time, the system can issue second - level warnings for various traffic risks, giving drivers precious seconds of reaction time and preventing accidents at the source.

In terms of coverage, the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System has achieved full - network, full - scenario, and multi - mode coverage. Whether users are driving a car, a truck, a motorcycle, or taking a ride - hailing car or a carpool, whether they are driving on highways, national trunk roads, or remote rural roads, and whether they are using navigation, cruise control, in - car systems, or mobile phone driving modes, the system can provide real - time protection.

Especially in the warning broadcast strategy, when a major abnormal event occurs, even if the user is in the minimalist or silent mode, the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System will broadcast the warning information through both voice and the map interface.

More importantly, the system is not based on a single vehicle but on a national safety guard network built by AutoNavi's one - billion - level users. When users open AutoNavi Maps, they automatically turn on "Eagle Eye Guard". After joining, users can not only receive timely warnings to gain crucial reaction time for themselves but also become a part of this national safety guard network. The more people join, the more accurate and timely the warnings will be.

Prevent accidents at the source, with a 10% reduction in accident rates on highways

The goal of the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System is to give drivers a few more seconds of reaction time by issuing early risk warnings before danger occurs. This has been verified in real - life cases.

On October 2, 2025, a vehicle collision accident occurred on a certain highway. After the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System captured the abnormality immediately, it continuously broadcast sudden - braking warnings to vehicles within a 500 - meter radius behind. In more than 20 minutes, the system issued more than 220 warnings in total. A post - event review showed that at least 200 drivers slowed down in advance and successfully avoided risks.

Taking the G2 Beijing - Shanghai Expressway, a major national transportation artery, as an example, according to AutoNavi's data, after the "Eagle Eye Guard" system was launched, the average daily number of accidents per 10,000 vehicles during the National Day holiday in 2025 decreased by about 10% compared with the previous year.

As of February 1, 2026, since its launch, the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System has issued more than 11.2 billion warnings in total, with an average of 88 million warnings per day. Among them, there were more than 147,000 warnings for multi - vehicle abnormalities. Behind each warning, a potential traffic accident may have been avoided.

Upgraded Spring Festival travel protection: real - time warnings for abnormal weather such as ice, snow, and dense fog

In response to the characteristics of dense traffic flow and complex and changeable weather during the Spring Festival travel rush, the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System has been comprehensively upgraded.

In terms of extreme weather protection, the system has added warnings for abnormal weather such as ice, snow, and dense fog. By introducing multi - source meteorological data, the system has achieved minute - level perception of local abnormal weather for the first time and can adjust the warning threshold according to the weather dynamics, reminding drivers in advance to control their speed and maintain a safe distance. Especially for trucks, considering their heavy body and long braking distance, the system has optimized the braking warning threshold under special weather and special road conditions, leaving more reaction time for truck drivers.

At the same time, the system has added warnings for special road sections. On high - risk road sections such as those near water, cliffs, continuous sharp bends, long downhill slopes, and accident - prone areas, the system can remind drivers in advance to control their speed and slow down according to the weather conditions.

In this upgrade, the newly launched "Eagle Eye Alarm" function of the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System was first launched on the expressways in Jiangsu, forming a closed - loop of "accident detection - accident alarm - warning for following vehicles - accident rescue", extending the system's capabilities from warning following vehicles after an accident to the closed - loop rescue scenario for the accident vehicle.

With the support of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Emergency Management, Jiangsu Communications Holding Co., Ltd., and the Traffic Management Corps of the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department, the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System has carried out pilot construction on the expressways in Jiangsu, fully accessing traffic flow data and connecting with the emergency response mechanism in the whole chain. When a vehicle with the Eagle Eye Guard function enabled has an abnormal stop or other emergencies on the expressways in Jiangsu, the system will automatically complete the intelligent detection of the abnormal event within 6 seconds and trigger the "Eagle Eye Alarm" function. After the driver confirms the need for an alarm and rescue, the system will push relevant information such as the precise location of the accident vehicle and the contact information of the driver to the coordinated command platform of the "Three Parties along the Road" of Jiangsu Expressways in real - time. At the same time, the system will immediately push safety warnings such as deceleration and avoidance to vehicles within 1 to 3 kilometers behind the abnormal event point, effectively reducing the risk of secondary accidents.

The Eagle Eye Guard Warning System is based on the first coordinated command platform in the country that integrates the emergency rescue resources of the "Three Parties along the Road" (traffic management of public security, traffic law enforcement, and operating units) of expressways. After the user reports an alarm, a professional emergency rescue team composed of the "Three Parties along the Road" of Jiangsu Expressways in coordination with multiple departments such as fire and medical services will initiate a response and quickly dispatch to carry out rescue and disposal work for the accident vehicle, significantly shortening the response cycle and improving rescue efficiency.

For drivers, the core value of the Eagle Eye Guard Warning System lies in its ability to detect risks earlier than the human eye and issue second - level warnings. In the high - intensity and high - density travel environment during the Spring Festival travel rush, these few seconds may be the key to avoiding accidents and ensuring safety.