argam 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2008-08-29T21:21:56+00:00 false <p>Sitting in traffic not only is irritating, but also increases harmful emissions into the air.&nbsp; Cars are most efficient travelling anywhere from 40-65 miles an hour.&nbsp; That keeps carbon emissions to a minumum.&nbsp; So, to reduce your emssions make sure you check the traffic on the Internet before heading out.</p><p>Nationally you can use either Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/) or Yahoo Maps (http://maps.yahoo.com/) to check traffic.&nbsp; Just go to either Google Maps or Yahoo Maps, put in your geographic data and click on the traffic icon. &nbsp; Checking the traffic is just that simple.</p><p>Traffic.com is also a great national traffic source (http://www.traffic.com/) </p><p>Sometimes local traffic report sites have more accurate information, Google and Yahoo have tricked me a few times.&nbsp; In Los Angeles, I like to use SigAlert (http://www.sigalert.com/), it has accurate information and tells you about all the accidents and mishaps on the freewas in LA.</p><p>If anyone else has any other great sites to check traffic please add it to this solution. </p><p>So make sure to check the traffic before you hit the road, and if you really need to be somewhere take an alternate route to be more efficient. </p> 0 0 false 1 1 922 false 922 habit http://www.traffic.com/ 9 false 0 0 2010-01-16T17:49:51+00:00 2 873 0 0