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    The Sunnyvale-based firm will soon begin selling an in-car directional system -- with a screen much larger than a cellphone's. It also uses similar technology to recommend to motorists the three best ways to get to their destination, based on real-time highway speeds gathered from road sensors and other Dash system users. "What you want to know as a consumer is a solution -- you don't just want a bunch of data ... You want to know that, today, this is the best route home." Currie believes his system's larger screen will make it preferable to cellphones. Full Article at Los Angeles Times
    What you want to know as a consumer is a solution -- you don't just want a bunch of data ... You want to know that, today, this is the best route home.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
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Using cellphones to beat traffic?
  1. Getting that information back to the drivers, that's the Holy Grail -- so drivers can make smart decisions about their commute
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  2. We're trying to give drivers enough information to make those decisions themselves ... If someone is commuting, they know all the alternatives. People aren't stupid.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  3. As a user you are not only contributing to the data, but you are benefiting from it by looking at it in real time on your phone
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  4. It would be great if the phone, instead of saying go left or right, would say you're meeting so-and-so at 10 a.m. and because traffic is picking up, you should leave now and you should avoid [a particular] exit because traffic is backing up
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  5. During the peak of the peak of the commute all the roads are pretty much congested, and if a road isn't congested and it goes anywhere, people will find it
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago

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