Life is good on the road with this auto-based LG solution

Everyone harbors different opinions about road trips: some love it, others hate it, while others don’t care enough about it to form an opinion. These different reactions can be attributed to a person’s current phase in life, and the reason for travel. For instance someone traveling for work will opt to pay more for the convenience and efficiency of a flight compared to a road trip. 

However, someone traveling for adventure and looking to create lifelong memories will opt to experience life on the road.  For parents with toddlers, the thought of long hours on the road with a restless child is overwhelming. The unpredictability of the road e.g. getting lost, car trouble, makes it a daunting task. While it is important to create memories, road trips should be more about an enjoyable experience than a cause for headache.

With the fast-paced nature of the modern world, juggling family, work, fitness and personal interests seems like an elusive delicate balance. Sometimes life becomes one humdrum routine: we get up, get ready, go to work, come home, sleep, and do it all over again. 

One sure way of spending quality time with the family is to travel together. Other than the obvious advantage of saving money, road trips are wonderful way to spend time together as a family, travel on a budget to multiple locations, and see a lot of scenery.

Road trips offer a unique family bonding experience with benefits for the whole family. In addition to being a budget-friendly way to travel, they can teach kids the virtue of patience and allow them to better understand areas that they might never see under other circumstances.

Still, road trips are not without their potential drawbacks. In our hyper-connected age, travelling through areas with weak mobile coverage can be stress inducing. A more pressing concern is the fear of getting lost or running into an emergency situation in a remote area.

Ironically, technology, which has long been considered a nemesis of quality family time, offers the solution to all these concerns. Technology has made it possible for families to hang out , in the privacy of their vehicles for long stretches of time, without fear of the unknown. Road trips have become a chance to bond, let loose and have some car karaoke .

LG Electronics has developed a vehicle-based telematics module designed to connect vehicles to mobile communication services. The advanced solution supports emergency calls, SMS and data connections at all times, making it an essential travel partner.

“Families on long road trips can rest easy knowing that the module enables telematics services including safety  features like emergency aid , security features like theft detection, and information features like traffic data and news that allows the user to check best possible, less congested routes,” says Moses Marji, LG Electronics General Manager Marketing.

The best part is that these features work extremely well even in deeply remote areas, providing a convenient way for the family to shut off the rest of the world but still have access to essential services when need be. So next time you find yourself going on a road trip, whether it be with family or with friends, whether it's long or short, enjoy it.