Dave Olson found a perfect opportunity to use Localmind in Kelowna, British Colombia to save hours on his commute:

“I’ve been a LocalMind user for a while but mostly just answering questions and checking in. However, I recently had an opportunity to experience the real power behind Localmind. A collapsing overpass, resulted in brutally slow bridge traffic between Kelowna and West Kelowna. I had tried earlier in the afternoon to get across the bridge but it took me nearly an hour to go one block and I still wasn’t near the bridge so I gave up and went home. I tried without success to get some updated information by googling and checking the local news and twitter feeds but then I remembered Localmind. I quickly found a user who had checked in on the bridge within the past hour and asked what the traffic was like. He gave me great feedback and even pointed out that the left lane seemed to be moving quicker than the right lane. So based on his information, I headed back across the bridge and took the left lane. It only took me 40 minutes to get across although I had from others that it had taken up to 3.5 hours to cross the bridge. Without the time-sensitive feedback from a Localmind user I would not have been able to time my trip to beat the traffic.”

Thanks Dave! There’s nothing like getting the real scoop on what traffic is like from people stuck in that traffic right now.