Traffic Cam on Cell Phones

The NBC Los Angeles Traffic Cam is an application that allows folks to view from over 270 cameras located along the city’s streets and highways, checking if there are nasty traffic snarls before you leave your office. I think this is more of a novelty than a useful item - imagine everyone thinking along the same wavelength, where 5pm is the peak hour NOT to leave the office, so everybody else leaves a couple of hours later only to be met by a postponed traffic jam. I suppose this is better for folks who are not from the City of Angels as they get a feel of how the city traffic is like. (Read the full post about ‘Traffic Cam on Cell Phones’…) Share This