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Birdseye Traffic Free app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 820 ratings )
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Developer: Randall Tomes
Free
Current version: 2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 10 Nov 2012
App size: 1.16 Mb

Simplicity, Less can be More.
This is just a traffic incident mapper. Some now call it "The Traffic Glancer"

This app works best for Florida and California. Its so so for NJ and DC area.

It is not a social app like Waze.
It only maps traffic incidents as they are reported by local and state law enforcement. Nothing else.

It does have one advantage over richer apps like Apple Maps and Waze, simplicity.

You have less risk of running off the road using this because there is not "too much to look at". Only real incidents are displayed as simple, easy to see pins and all using just a single thumb. No logins. No being warned every other mile a car is on the side of the road , there is a bend in the road, or other annoying irrelevant info. Just the basics.

You can zoom in, glance, with just 1 thumb in two 1 second intervals. So if you suspect incidents are somewhere in your line of travel or just want to verify, this can be glanced at without running into the back of the car in front of you. Better yet, let the passenger check if not riding alone. But if you are alone, careful looking down at those rich traffic apps with too much info in them to decipher while driving.