I find Google Maps to be unreliable at times. Sometimes it will show a traffic problem where there is no problem, and sometimes it will fail to show a problem where there is a problem. A recent example for me, driving in Seattle there were two lanes closed on I-5 due to a car fire and traffic was backed up at a standstill for at least half a mile, but you wouldn’t know it looking at Google Maps which showed everything was clear.

Last edited by MJ Vancouver (February 10, 2023 4:31 pm)

Here's another story on the eyes in the skies, this one from earlier on in 1968, showing what all the major stations were doing for traffic at the time. And yes, that included the Ontario Motor League aka the OML referred to in the article. Anyone remember the voice of Pat Curran?



And as if to prove how times change, this story, from very early in 1960, shows how the traffic reports from on high were just beginning. Imagine - just $95 an hour to rent a chopper. It now costs that much for the gas just to get to Buttonville by car.

The London radio stations always try to sound like the big city stations. They give traffic reports, but there's never anything to report. How can there be a rush hour in a town where no one is ever in a hurry?