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Old 08-28-2020, 08:03 AM
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I use WAZE when I'm driving anywhere by car outside the Villages. It is up to date, usually within a few minutes. It'll tell you that there's a vehicle stopped on the road up ahead - and 20 seconds later there's the car, on the side of the road. Often it's just a construction crew but at least you know, when traffic is slowed, WHY it's slowed.

It will also take you off the highway through detours if it detects traffic stops or significant slow-downs.

It's an app you can download to your cell phone; you can get the free version or the paid version. I've seen no reason to get the paid version so I just use the free one. It has "in-app ads" but I don't spend time watching the app while I'm driving, so it's not an inconvenience for me.

Your google voice will sync with it, and you can set it up to give you the current prices of gas along the route, which exits to look for, which rest areas are congested, etc. etc. It's pretty awesome.

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