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Old 11-26-2015, 09:06 AM   #78
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Tuesday night Wazed (active/real-time routing) saved us from having to sit in a 40 minute back up on I-10 around Baton Rouge...

about 15 minute i got a pop up alert that there was a 39 minute delay ahead and then a minute later another pop up that waze found a new route for us, saving us 30 minutes....it re-routed us around the accident

CB radio conversation that their was an accident...and a couple of truckers (one local guy) confirmed my alternate route & exit.

NO GPS can do what WAZE did....not even a unit with the built in FM Traffic receiver....i know because we have one & it didn't re-route us at all !

WAZE uses data from other users (posting their speed, or lack there of & their reports of slow downs / stand stills & accidents) and it uses that data (real time) to alert other users and reroute where necessary & possible!

WAZE also allows users to report hazards on the road or shoulder & BEST Of all users can report where police activity is (on either side of the road)....so you increase your chances of knowing where radar etc may be.
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