I noticed this the other day, I turned my Google Maps GPS on, put in destination. It told me the trip would take 9 hours. I drove ~8-10 over the speed limit, hit almost no traffic, it took a bit under 9 hours.
How does it calculate time? I would have thought going 8 over the limit for 9 hours would have meant I would have gotten back over an hour earlier, no?
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Before you press “Start” when getting driving directions, Google Maps uses posted speeds and current traffic conditions to calculate trip and arrival time data. It adjusts from there using real-time traffic data and your current speed (which is aggregated with everyone else’s speed to create the traffic condition maps) as you are driving.
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