Try this at home....

[j44ke]

How to Fake a Traffic Jam on Google Maps - VICE

So how can I leverage this idea so that I can drive wherever I want?

[Mabouya]

How to Fake a Traffic Jam on Google Maps - VICE

So how can I leverage this idea so that I can drive wherever I want?

Just a matter of time until rich people, worried about crashing in their private helicopters while commuting, hire a bunch of homeless people to do this an hour or so before they hit the road to head back to their mansion?

[j44ke]

Just a matter of time until rich people, worried about crashing in their private helicopters while commuting, hire a bunch of homeless people to do this an hour or so before they hit the road to head back to their mansion?

Good idea!

[Matthew Strongin]

That probably works well in small towns. In big cities he'd already be stuck in a traffic jam with his little red wagon.

Pretty funny, though. I was talking with some guys on my team the other day about app security, exploits, and hacks and click farms came up. The idea of using an app as designed, but taking advantage of an unaccounted for use case. This is a great example.

[davids]

I saw that and it reminded me of this:

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[j44ke]

What would happen to Manhattan if 10,000 people got up one morning and walked the streets with wagons full of active cellphones?

[Ras72]

What would happen to Manhattan if 10,000 people got up one morning and walked the streets with wagons full of active cellphones?

Nothing. Traffic would move at the same pace.

[zachateseverything]

how many phones with active google maps running do we have to have on a group ride to get Waze to reroute cars around us?

[j44ke]

Nothing. Traffic would move at the same pace.

True probably.