I never thought of that as important... UNTIL one of my best friends had her daughter go into premature labor. She and her husband were out of town when they got the emergency call, and they needed to get to the hospital ASAP. They were in Santa Barbara when they got the call, and they needed to get to San Diego.

My husband went on the computer and was on the phone with her husband. There was a website that gave all the traffic going through Los Angeles, and most importantly it showed where the traffic was at a dead stop because of a series of accidents. If they had taken the shortest route, they would have been stuck in traffic for an extra hour or two. By being able to find the unobstructed route - they flew through Los Angeles with no delays.

They got to the hospital in time to be with their daughter when their first granddaughter was born.

I'd love to have that in our car.