Say you’re planning to go somewhere but you want to make sure that the roads aren’t congested. Well Waze has the solution for you by announcing Unusual Traffic. This is a new feature from that company that will rely on historical data to determine if there might be a possible delay on certain roads.
For example if a road is normally clear and it takes drivers 10 minutes to traverse that road, but it now detects that it takes 20 minutes, it means that something’s up and Waze will actually tweet it out. This means that users will need to be actively checking up on Waze’s Twitter feed instead of relying on just the app.
The company has launched 50 Unusual Traffic Twitter accounts to cover the US as well as in other cities around the world. The tweets will contain info such as the location and the cause, if available. It will also tweet the extra time it thinks drivers will take while being stuck in the jam, and will also upload photos from real-time reports from their users.
The tweets will also contain info such as whether the jam has just started or if it is clearing up. Waze will also provide links to an optimal alternate route which drivers can take to bypass the traffic. To see the accounts Waze has created, hit up its Twitter page for the details.
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