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Hardware-Based Commute-Map Gadget
coreymetrics writes "Anyone have one of these things? While it's no substitute for an improved mass-transit solution in the Puget Sound area, TrafficGauge's new gadget sure looks like it beats any PDA or cell phone auto traffic map I've used. It uses the same data that powers the Washington State DOT's indispensable website. Now why can't auto makers put this kind of thing in a dash instead of mostly worthless GPS navigation and DVD units?"
Thanks a bunch! IIS complain? No... it is the best product Microsoft has ever released. Oh wait, that says a lot.:)
Supposedly the Audi navigation systems were going to support this as well...as early as 1999 or 2000 in the US, but to my knowledge they're still not doing it; I have no idea about the euro units. I think it was mostly an infrastructure problem- either lack or incompatibility.
I haven't heard that before from Audi. But Audi has always been an innovator and on the leading edge of technology. Did you know the Audi A8 has an all-aluminum body? And Audi's been doing all-aluminum bodied cars for over 10 years now? very cool.
Honestly, I question the value of such information in the first place. Rarely are other routes unblocked, at least here in Boston. You're pretty much screwed no matter which way you go. If that wasn't enough, they randomly close/open exits due to the massive construction(the Big Dig), and in the last 6-12 months, lots of big changes have been going on as new tunnels and exchanges open(which is going to wreak havoc with people with old databases for their nav systems!)
Seems like it would be more useful in some cities than in others. I'm in DC and there are several different highways and/or bridges that I could choose to use to get from point A to point B. I use different routes depending on what time of day it is, but having real-time traffic maps would be great for the DC area and all it's traffic problems.
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
Anytime you're moving and your eyes aren't on the road, you're putting yourself and everyone around you at much greater risk. When my regime rises to power, everyone will be required to ride a motorcycle for 1 year as their only motor vehicle before getting a license for a car. Weed out the bad drivers...
Amen. I just want to kill people when I see some dumb bitch soccer mom driving a Hummer or Expedition and yapping on a cell phone. She can't drive for shit to begin with, but add the poor visibility and bad handling of an SUV with the distraction of the cell phone, and that's why we have so many traffic accidents (and therefore so much traffic).
Or some fat slob chumping on a Big Mac in his crappy wife-made-me-get-it minivan while on the highway.
Damn that pisses me off.
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
Did you know the Audi A8 has an all-aluminum body?
...ho hum....
You mean like the Ford/AC Cobra, back in 1965? Or the Land Rover?