App Store 1.4.4 rejection: DUI checkpoints and road safety

Apple’s 1.4.4 makes the source of a checkpoint important. An app may display DUI checkpoints published by law enforcement; a crowd-submitted marker doesn’t automatically meet that condition. The app must also avoid encouraging dangerous driving.

Trace each marker to its source

Check imported feeds, user reports, timestamps, and labels. Can you show which law-enforcement publication supplied a checkpoint? We’d separate those records from general road information so an unverified report can’t appear as an authorized checkpoint.

Review alerts, navigation prompts, leaderboards, and reward features for encouragement of speeding, drunk driving, or other reckless behavior.

Fix the feed and the interaction

Remove checkpoint information that doesn’t meet the source requirement. Correct prompts or incentives that encourage unsafe driving. If the reviewer misunderstood a legitimate source, provide the public source and explain how the app uses it.

Test with sample locations and inspect newly imported records as well as existing map data. Give Apple the source, the affected route, and a way to see the corrected behavior. A change to a disclaimer won’t change an unverified checkpoint feed.