September 07, 2008

Traffic Delay

So the clogged arteries that are the Southern California freeway system are notorious, but this is ridiculous. Last night we wanted to see Wall-E at a discount movie house in Huntington Beach. Just to remind myself of how much time to allow getting there, I entered the address into Google Maps on my smartphone.

Start Point
    My Location
End Point
    Beach Blvd & Warner Ave,
    Huntington Beach, Orange, California 92647, United States
Distance: 12.1 mi
Time: 17 min
Traffic Delay: 49710d 6hr 28m

Here--it happened again a few days later. Google says they've never seen it before. Have you?

Sep 7, 2008 2:38:42 PM | Toolbox/Toybox (gadgets, software, sites)

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