I very seldom go anywhere without my Garmin GPS but a few months back my brother tossed a new contender into the ring. He started telling me about WAZE. It's an App available for smartphones and uses info gathered from users phones and their input to assist in warning about up coming traffic issues, police, accident, objects lying in roadway etc. Twice during our trip it routed us around traffic congestion while the trusty Garmin (with traffic) that was setting up on the dash sat silent with a message that said no traffic ahead. Waze will notify you of an object in the road up ahead, accidents, police, vehicles on side of highway. As a registered user you are allowed to enter info for others to see.
KY. DOT uses WAZE and marks all construction areas and lane closures or road closures so this is very helpful also.
NBC did a story yesterday with 3 cars leaving from the same place heading to NBC studios during a busy traffic time. WAZE beat Garmin by over 30 min. and Apple maps by 9 min. All devices were programmed for the fastest route.
I have an older phone and WAZE is very hard on my battery so I only open the app when I'm plugged in.
I don't like the cartoonish graphics with the app but they serve their purpose.
Try it and give it a shot, I think you'll like it.
KY. DOT uses WAZE and marks all construction areas and lane closures or road closures so this is very helpful also.
NBC did a story yesterday with 3 cars leaving from the same place heading to NBC studios during a busy traffic time. WAZE beat Garmin by over 30 min. and Apple maps by 9 min. All devices were programmed for the fastest route.
I have an older phone and WAZE is very hard on my battery so I only open the app when I'm plugged in.
I don't like the cartoonish graphics with the app but they serve their purpose.
Try it and give it a shot, I think you'll like it.