Posted on 06/30/2022 6:41:04 PM PDT by george76
A few months ago it was telling people that I66 in Centreville, VA was closed and telling them to exit onto US29.
But I66 was NOT closed.
“I-80 — Slick in spots.”
Also breezy in spots.
Artist creates virtual traffic jam on Google Maps with 99 cellphones and a wagon
Do not trust Google maps. They always send you through the worst parts of town on your travels. If there are three or four exit ramps into a city, they always recommend the one that sends you through the Section 8 housing or the commercial industrial areas. These areas have ill-kept roads, one-hour hotels, dive bars, and dead-end streets that take you into crime-ridden communities, along with no road signs to help you escape.
These exits also often lack an on-ramp to get you back to the interstate so you are left driving on side streets trying to return to the major highway. Watch the road signs carefully for higher-end hotels and restaurants and take that exit instead or check your destination website for the recommended exit.
Been there and done that.
Colorado often closes I-70 that sits at the bottom of a huge, long cliff - where rock and mud slides, avalanches are common .. Pro-tip , should have built it on top of the cliff..
Then Google sends semi- trucks, Greyhound buses .. over unpaved forest roads, high mountain passes with very tight corners .. An older woman with heart problems was rescued first followed by passengers, the driver and luggage on other vehicles.
““There’s a large and lengthy highway construction project in that area, as much as 25 miles or so,” McGee told Cowboy State Daily on Thursday. “I think Google’s Artificial Intelligence looks at the motion on people’s cell phones and because”
This indicates there are delays or even stops.
Glenwood Canyon, by any chance? I drove through there, twice. Very scenic, but you can get rockfalls onto the roadway.
Brilliant!
Glenwood Canyon rock fall killed his wife and 2 children in 1995 ..
2010 - Art Daily motored through the same canyon only two hours before another cascade of rock punched holes into a bridge and blocked the highway.
This time, no one died.
https://www.denverpost.com/2010/03/08/1995-rockslide-survivor-its-one-of-those-things/
Yes, traffic in Northern Virginia sucks.
It doesn’t matter, however. It’s not like the Federal Government is going to pack up and leave due to the horrible traffic.
I used to tell Google that their closures were wrong.
Then I figured out if I kept my mouth shut, a lot of traffic, to include trucks, would take the “detour” leaving me with a much more enjoyable ride.
I 80
Also breezy in spots.
Now THAT is an understatement.
We had an address where we told people not to use their phones to get there. They would end up in odd places miles away.
Glenwood Canyon, drive several times weekly.
Beautiful stretch of road, that can be prone to rock slides, mudslides, and flash floods with the slightest bit of rain or snow. The Official Detour is about a four hour scenic drive.
I suspect a hacker wants less traffic.
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