Seat Surfing connects the surfer with the driver and the driver with the surfer in the most efficient and safe way possible.
Have you ever looked at cars driving by and wondered why there are so many empty seats? Why there are so many drivers all by themselves in those big fancy cars? What if you could make use of this enormous network of transport that is already there and hop from car to car until you've reached you're destination. Hmm, I have a weird feeling that I've heard this idea somewhere before..
Ok, hitchhiking has a few disadvantages with safety as the obvious number one. But what if you could regulate and automate this process by verifying both the drivers and the surfers? By connecting them through their navigation systems and mobile phones? Carpooling 2.0.. in an new universal and digital way. That's what Seat Surfing is about.
The surfers have a map on their phones with nearby cars and their destinations, which have been sent through by the car's navigation systems. In addition, the system calculates which of those cars come closest to the surfer's destination if no direct hits have been found. The surfer could then decide to which car they would like to send a 'pick-up' request.
The driver will see the nearby surfers along with their destinations on their navigation systems. They could then decide whether they would like to pick up or not.
Safety
Since the surfer and the driver are both verified with the system, it will always know who is in which car, where and at what time.
Efficiency
A filter determines the algorithm that calculates who is visible and who is not. This way only relevant cars show up that will take you closer to your destination, or only surfers that will not require to detour your trip.
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