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No clue if this will fall through like the talks with Apple, but it would be awesome if this app became more widely used here in the US. I've heard there are en
by dsrguru 13y ago
No clue if this will fall through like the talks with Apple, but it would be awesome if this app became more widely used here in the US. I've heard there are enough users in Israel that drivers can get up to the minute details on traffic, road hazards, cops, etc. on any major road. If Facebook integrated traffic crowdsourcing into everyone's phone, many places would get enough users for this to become viable practically overnight.
- colmvp 13y agoIt's been pretty useful in my experience on the west coast.
- rajivm 13y agoIn both LA and SF it's pretty much already like that in my experience; LA especially it's traveled by word of mouth - probably because driver's are so desperate to escape the traffic hell. However, I tend to favor Google Maps unless I'm anticipating significant traffic because Waze tends to pick "over-optimized routes" (i.e. 5 extra turns to save 30 seconds). Which is great when you're trying to escape traffic, annoying when you're just trying to get somewhere normally.
- ja27 13y agoI mostly use Waze to get a good ETA and watch for traffic and police when I'm going somewhere I already know the path to. If I'm going somewhere unfamiliar or not very popular, [TACO BELL AHEAD!] I don't trust it. I've been burned too many times when it sends me 10 minutes of of the way because [TACO BELL AHEAD!] the last intersection before my destination mistakenly doesn't allow a right hand turn. I've been kind of hoping they and FourSquare would get together somehow.
- messick 13y agoNot just "word of mouth", but ABC News (Channel 7) pushes it pretty heavily. In fact, the app has their ads much of the time.