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jameslarstoday at 12:05 AM3 repliesview on HN

The estimated travel times displayed in major cities along highways are calculated by license plate sampling from what I understand


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CableNinjatoday at 2:04 AM

I dont think thats everywhere. CA freeways have speed sensors every mile or two, and from that, along a given route you can estimate time

SoftTalkertoday at 12:51 AM

That seems overly complicated when simple speed sensors would do the job.

voxic11today at 12:27 AM

So you think that is the unauthorized use that the officers were fired for?