OMG Traffic and WTF Waze

Submitted by nebirah t3_yg07lm in boston

Waze suggested I cut through the airport instead of waiting in line to get to the Ted Williams. I thought sure, and I've been in this airport line to turn left onto the ramp for about 15 minutes lol.

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UltravioletClearance t1_iu645ke wrote

Because Waze told everyone else to do the same thing now yall are waiting in even worse traffic than just staying on course.

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BsFan t1_iu66agw wrote

Waze sucks. It is too aggressive to avoid backups. I would rather take an exta 2 minutes than white knuckle it thru a half dozen sketchy non-signaled left turns.

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No_Judge_3817 t1_iu6a00n wrote

I usually have no issue with it but it sends me either left or right out of my street, and yesterday it sent me in a circle for 2 minutes unable to decide which way was quicker

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nebirah OP t1_iu6aluf wrote

Yeah. You'd think by now I'd be smart enough to do what I always do. At least I ignore its preference to take the Sumner and river roads. Heck no.

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Logical-Error-7233 t1_iu8iow8 wrote

I was wondering why the Morrissey Blvd exit on 93S always seems so busy lately. Lived in the dot for 8 years and wasn't usually backed up. Then one day my wife was using Waze and it tried to have us get off there only to get back on at Neponset ave to avoid the minor slowdown where the zipper lane begins. That's friggin nuts, the lights and draw bridge if you're unlucky enough there can back up really bad. All to avoid slowing down for two miles.

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UltravioletClearance t1_iu9gdb1 wrote

I live off of Lake Street in Arlington. I can tell when Waze tells everyone to use Lake Street and Mass Ave as a cut through to Alewife Brook Parkway because I can't get out of my neighborhood.

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Logical-Error-7233 t1_iua96xl wrote

It's really bad in the outer neighborhoods. I remember one time I took an uber to get someplace in Porter square from the south end and Waze took us through about twenty quiet neighborhood with a thousand turns to eventually take a left back onto Mass Ave a block before the destination. We could have just taken one turn from my apartment onto Mass Ave and made the full trip in two turns.

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