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Re:The power of collaboration: How we can reduce traffic con... by gblargg on Monday July 13, 2026 @05:53AM (#48890221)
Yes, I find it ironic that Google is recommending that people take varied routes, when it's their very app that often puts a bunch of people on an obscure, same route. Many times I've taken one of its shortcuts, only to see a bunch of cars in front of me and behind me taking the same shortcut, clearly not one people would normally take.
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Re:The power of collaboration: How we can reduce traffic con... by Tade0 on Monday July 13, 2026 @09:00AM (#48892026)
I've had this experience. 10 minutes in it hit me that we're all only here only because Google suggested so.

It was some kind of dirt road that almost never had this sort of traffic and you could see that from the faces of the locals, as we were passing them by at maybe twice walking speed.

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