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This is an archive article published on August 12, 2011

New iPhone app allows kids to drive too!

A new GPS-based mobile app allows children to mimic and embellish on real world driving.

A new GPS-based mobile app from ToyToyota called Backseat Driver has been designed to allow kids to mimic and embellish upon their parents real world driving.

Backseat Driver is the first product from Toyotas ToyToyota division,and it is now available for iPhone in Apples App Store,Discovery News reported.

Two cars star in the game: One called ‘Papa Car’,whose moves tap the iPhones GPS functionality to mirror the route of the real car in which the player is riding,and ‘My Car’,which is controlled by the player.

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The object of the game is to steer My Car left and right to follow Papa Cars path and also to catch icons associated with real landmarks actually being passed along the way.

Points are awarded for each icon collected,and players can use them to customize their vehicles.

Players can also compete on the total distance theyve travelled and the total points theyve earned; designs and routes can be saved and shared via Twitter.

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