> Soon after, Connor went rogue. He experimented with Waze, confirmed it was sending drivers down his street and began filing his false reports.
> “It didn’t do much and within two weeks they stopped showing up on the map all together,” Connor said. “They were on to me.”
> The traffic flow began to wane when the road construction ended, Connor said, but remains three or four times higher than before it began. For some drivers, their app-inspired shortcut became a permanent route.
The conclusion to the story:
> Soon after, Connor went rogue. He experimented with Waze, confirmed it was sending drivers down his street and began filing his false reports.
> “It didn’t do much and within two weeks they stopped showing up on the map all together,” Connor said. “They were on to me.”
> The traffic flow began to wane when the road construction ended, Connor said, but remains three or four times higher than before it began. For some drivers, their app-inspired shortcut became a permanent route.
HN on the WaPo article from 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11846722