BentTerms of Use and Safety
Last updated November 11, 2026
Safety while driving
- Keep your eyes on the road. Set your destination before you drive and rely on spoken directions and alerts.
- Only report hazards when it's safe: when you're stopped, or have a passenger do it.
- Obey traffic laws and road signs, even if Bent's directions say otherwise. Directions can be wrong or out of date.
Weather information and predictions
Bent combines public forecasts, official warnings, radar, and storm movement to estimate the weather you may meet along your route. Storm projections assume a storm keeps its current speed and direction, which storms often don't. Forecasts can be wrong, data can be delayed, and services Bent relies on can be unavailable. When Bent can't check a source, it tells you, but it may not always know. Use Bent as one source of information, not the only one.
Driver reports
Hazard reports come from other drivers and are not verified by Bent. They may be wrong, outdated, or missing. Only submit reports that are honest and accurate. Submitting false reports, spamming, or trying to disrupt the service is not allowed, and we may block reports from people who do.
Using Bent
- Bent is provided free of charge, "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind.
- To the fullest extent allowed by law, Bent and its creators are not liable for any loss, damage, injury, or delay arising from your use of Bent, its directions, its weather information, or its driver reports.
- You're responsible for your own decisions while driving.
- We may change or stop any part of Bent at any time.
Data and credits
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Basemap © Esri. Weather warnings and radar from the U.S. National Weather Service (radar images via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet). Forecast data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Routing by OSRM. Address search by Nominatim and Photon.
Privacy
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