# A guy wheeled around 99 phones in a cart to create traffic jams on Google Maps

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-guy-wheeled-around-99-phones-in-a-cart-to-create-traffic-jams-on-google-maps/157840>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 3, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-guy-wheeled-around-99-phones-in-a-cart-to-create-traffic-jams-on-google-maps/157840 "2020-02-03T15:29:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-guy-wheeled-around-99-phones-in-a-cart-to-create-traffic-jams-on-google-maps/157840/1 "2020-02-03T15:29:05Z")

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Some people clearly have too much time on their hands.

> **[A guy wheeled around 99 phones in a cart to create traffic jams on Google Maps](https://www.androidauthority.com/google-maps-hack-1079604/)**
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> We're not sure if this is a ruse, but it seems like all you need to create traffic jams on Google Maps is a cart of phones.

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**Author:** ![madRiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@madRiver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/madRiver)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-guy-wheeled-around-99-phones-in-a-cart-to-create-traffic-jams-on-google-maps/157840/2 "2020-02-05T00:39:14Z")

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I think it illustrates the trust people put into technology and ways it can be manipulated. Also gives a clear explanation on how Google Maps traffic works.