Towns cracking down on GPS app shortcuts
Awwww. Hellz. Naw.But it's not just about avoiding getting lost. Some drivers still use the technology to, say, get to and from work or school, in order to avoid the headache of a traffic jam or closed roadways. The apps use real-time traffic data to reroute drivers around long delays, sometimes taking vehicles through little-known bypasses or residential streets not normally used by a large number of vehicles for a daily commute.
"There are a lot of roads that I would not have gone down otherwise, but Waze is telling me to go down this shortcut," one unnamed commuter told WBZ-TV in Boston in November.
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