Google Maps Traffic

Google Maps now includes a traffic button on it's popular mapping service maps.google.com. It shows live traffic reports for major roads such as motorways or highways. This information as been available for sometime from the Highways Agency in the UK. The system on Google Maps is global and can help you plan a route that could minimise delay. A nifty feature is to click Change next to the words Live Traffic when you are in Traffic view. This allows you to see average traffic levels at any time on any day of the week so you can plan your trip for next Wednesday morning around predicted traffic bottle-necks.
It is another really useful feature from Google Maps.

Just as a reminder CTRL + ALT + A in Google Earth brings up a flight sim!