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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume Google detects if you're walking with your phone, so that walking people don't mess up the traffic jam feature. And that dolley tricks these phones into thinking they're in a car.

[โ€“] ObviouslyNotBanana 5 points 1 year ago

I was under the impression that Google made that calculation based on average speed. But there may be something to that. Maybe it's both.