google maps causes traffic jams and it's intentional. google maps will tell you to exit and merge back into a highway if it thinks it would shave 10 seconds off the drive. the retards who can't drive without maps+car play/android auto will mindlessly follow the directions suddenly it's telling hundreds of cars to get off and merge back in. this then creates a congestion point where they merge back in, creating a traffic jam that didn't even exist before and exacerbating the problem.  it also tells people to take many other similar "shortcuts" that city planners intentionally tried to dissuade drivers from using, but if the algo even thinks it's a few seconds faster it will send major traffic down residential roads.  they do this because commutes are the most stressful part of the day and they love to farm loosh by making them even worse.
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