You can find your current traffic situation and location using various live traffic and navigation services that provide real-time updates on traffic jams, roadworks, accidents, and travel times. How to check traffic where you are:
- Use live traffic maps and navigation apps like MapTrip, which offer real-time traffic data, average speeds, and fastest route calculations for your current location. These apps continuously update and notify you of better routes to avoid congestion
- Google Maps provides a "Google Traffic" widget for iPhone or iPad that shows traffic information, delays, crashes, construction, and road closures near your current location without opening the app
- Waze offers live driving directions and traffic updates based on crowd-sourced data from other drivers nearby, helping you find the best route in real time
- The "Map Navigation & Live Traffic" app gives turn-by-turn voice navigation, live traffic maps, and nearby places, also pinpointing your current location and allowing you to share it with others
- Websites like ViaMichelin and TomTom Traffic Index provide live traffic conditions, including jams and incidents, for specific regions such as Germany or North Rhine-Westphalia if you are in those areas
If you want to know the traffic conditions exactly where you are, using a GPS- enabled app or service on your smartphone or device is the most effective way to get accurate, up-to-date information and your precise location in relation to traffic
