I think you took nothing from my point. The way you describe it, I would think your "route" is just one long stretch on a single street. In almost every normal

I think you took nothing from my point. The way you describe it, I would think your "route" is just one long stretch on a single street. In almost every normal case, I may not know there's an accident at one intersection until I turn onto the street two blocks away. Also, opening Google or Apple maps with traffic mode turned on takes maybe half a minute at most, which is about the amount of time it takes my car to finish its cold start warm-up before I can start driving.