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Waze Puts Safety Over Speed by Minimizing Left Turns
The navigation app will help drivers in Los Angeles avoid dangerous left turns at busy intersections.
The first time I drove to a friend’s house in a busy suburb near Washington, D.C., I loyally followed the navigation app on my phone. I weaved through neighborhoods turning left here and right there. Then, I froze.
The app had led me to a busy intersection without traffic lights where I’d have to make a left turn across four lanes of oncoming traffic. I had never felt more like the frog in “Frogger.”