There's nothing worse than being stuck in traffic on the interstate. If you're anything like me, you try to race your GPS to get to your destination. Ha! I know, I know, it changes based on your speed, but I still always seem to see it as a race and I get excited when my lovely GPS, Rose (yes, I named my GPS. don't judge) has to change her final destination time. Even if you're not a crazy who races her GPS like me, you still don't enjoy being stuck in traffic, not matter where or when.
| This is what the icon looks like in the App Store :) |
It works like a GPS, but what is so amazing about it is that is has a live traffic feed. You simply "ping" yourself and then you can zoom out and see what the traffic is like around you. If it's green it's moving well, yellow is a slight slow down and red means it's basically stopped. It constantly updates and you can even zoom in to see exactly which side of the road the traffic is located so you know if it's going to for sure affect you or not. It is SO useful when traveling
Example: When heading to SC for my bachelorette bash, we checked the app before we headed down into Jellico (if you've ever traveled through there you know what a nightmare it can be) and it was showing up "red".....for miles. So, we switched up the GPS in the car from quickest time, to shortest distance, and it took us on another route to Asheville. The route was about 30 minutes longer than the norm, but the delay was a 4 hours long. My roomie at work was heading to FL that same night, got stuck in it, and it took him 6.5 hours to get to Knoxville from Lex. Holy stinkin cow.
When M and I headed out to SC last Thrus for my cousin's wedding, we checked the app before entering into the Jellico Monster and saw that there were no delays and decided to for-go our planned detour (we know they've been doing construction and assumed traffic would be insane).
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| A screen shot of the app from our drive to Asheville |
It's seriously awesome and definitely a MUST on my list!
Happy Mapquesting,
Ash
I may have to check out that app!!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds super handy; thanks for the tip! I'm visiting from Weddingbee's blog linkup, and your newest follower :)
ReplyDeleteI love that you have named your GPS too! Ours is Karen and she has an Australian accent. Thanks for the tip...we're making a trip to the big city of Denver soon so this will come in handy!
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