The navigation app Waze is beloved for exploiting shortcuts, avoiding traffic, and proving that the shortest distance between two points is not always a straight line. But its sinuous directions can also be a source of annoyance for drivers, who are often asked to make treacherous left turns through oncoming traffic at dicey intersections.
Now the company is studying how to limit those white-knuckled maneuvers, which have become known as the “Waze left.”
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http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/09/the-end-of-the-waze-left/406468/
The navigation app Waze is beloved for exploiting shortcuts, avoiding traffic, and proving that the shortest distance between two points is not always a straight line. But its sinuous directions can also be a source of annoyance for drivers, who are often asked to make treacherous left turns through oncoming traffic at dicey intersections.
Now the company is studying how to limit those white-knuckled maneuvers, which have become known as the “Waze left.”
September 21, 2015