of difficult intersections will begin in Los Angeles and expand to other cities globally as needs are identified by the Waze community

A car dashcam has filmed extraordinary footage of a motorist driving into a gunfight in Boston after being directed to the route by traffic navigation smartphone app Waze.

In a video titled 'Waze Brings Us to a Gunfight in Boston' posted to LiveLeak, a man and a woman are seen driving through a neighborhood in the Massachusetts city when gun shots start ringing out.

About 10 shots can be heard as several people begin running towards their vehicle.

People run away from the area where gunshots were fire in the Boston neighborhood

Woman: 'S***!'

Man: 'Holy f***!'

Woman: 'F******! F***! F***k! Call 911.... Oh my god, don't tell... Oh my god! What the f***!'

The LiveLeak user, jizziemoe, posted the video to the site yesterday.

'We called 911 and gave the video to investigators,' the user wrote.

'I don't believe there were any injuries.'

The incident has emerged only weeks after the Wazer app announced it would help drivers avoid routes that require turns at 'difficult intersections'.

The company said it was also toying with the idea of sending notifications if motorists were headed for a high-crime area.

However, the crime alert function was planned to launch in Brazil at a later date after a murder there when a couple were directed to a tourist area which turned out to be a slum where one was shot.

The motorists entered the street in Boston and then heard about 10 gunshots ring out

Waze announced it will help drivers avoid routes that require turns at 'difficult intersections' and is toying with the idea of sending notifications if you are headed for a high-crime area. Drivers will be prompted to take another route, but the firms says it will add this new feature will add a few extra minutes

Waze has coined the term 'difficult intersections' as a way to explain making left turns on busy streets with no stop signs or lights - but now drivers will be prompted to take another route.

WHAT ARE THE NEW FEATURES? Waze has coined the term 'difficult intersections' as a way to explain making left turns on busy streets were there are no stop signs or lights. But now drivers will be prompted to take another route, but the firms says it will add this new feature will add a few extra minutes here and there and not every 'difficult intersection' can always be avoided. Waze is allow its users to disable this safety feature if they would rather take their chances. The features is also set to launch in New Orleans, Boston and Washington DC sometime this year Although deemed controversial, this news is less than a year after a couple using the smartphone GPS app followed directions to what they though was a touristy avenue in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. But the neighborhood ended up being one of the city's notorious slum areas – Regina Mrumura, 70, was shot and killed while traveling with her husband. This feature could launch before the Summer Olympics, and as of yet, there is not new for when it will or if it will hit the US. Advertisement

The firm says this new feature will add a few extra minutes here and there and not every 'difficult intersection' can always be avoided, but it will be much safer.

Waze had made this feature an option and users can disable it if they would rather save time and take their chances.

This setting will launch in just Los Angeles, which has one of the largest communities using the app – about 10 percent of LA drivers use the service.

'LADOT applauds Waze for introducing this feature to improve safety on the streets of Los Angeles, LADOT general manager Seleta Reynolds told Gizmodo.

'Vision Zero demands creativity in all our approaches to traffic safety, and technology plays an ever-increasing role in how people chose to get around.'

The new safety feature is also set to launch in New Orleans, Boston and Washington DC sometime this year.

'This feature will help guide Angelenos to safer, less stressful routes.'

The second service in the announcement was meant to help Wazers avoid areas that are reported to have high-crime rates and would first launch in Brazil.

Although deemed controversial, this news is less than a year after a couple using the smartphone GPS app followed directions to what they though was a touristy avenue in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

But the neighborhood ended up being one of the city's notorious slum areas – Regina Mrumura, 70, was shot and killed while traveling with her husband.

Waze has coined the term 'difficult intersections', but now drivers will be prompted to take another route - this is only available in Los Angeles at the moment. The second service in today's announcement is meant to help Wazers avoid areas that are reported to have high-crime rates and would first launch in Brazil

'We're working with the government, we're working with local community groups who are able to identify which neighborhoods have safety issues,' Waze head of brand Julie Mossler told CBS News.

This feature could launch before the Summer Olympics, and as of yet, there is not new for when it will or if it will hit the US.

Waze is the brainchild of Waze Mobile, an Israel startup, which was acquired by Google in 2013 and is currently used by more than 50 million people.