[ainarssems]

Main lesson? In situations like this - don't use google maps - it's telling everyone else the same thing!! Get out the map book and go far from the original route, it'll be quicker in the end.

I find that Waze is better for traffic, updates and reacts sooner to any new jams. I guess it's because it's largely community driven and users report any issues real time. It belongs to Google so I guess there is some data sharing but I always find Waze reacts faster to any changes in traffic but Google maps have more up to date maps for any new roads, newbuilt areas.