That "fast lane" shortcut on the 405 backed me up 40 minutes this morning

I saw a gap in traffic by the Sepulveda off-ramp and took the express lane like everyone online suggests. Turns out it merges back into regular traffic right before a bottleneck at LAX, so I sat there while the main lanes crawled past me. My 35 minute drive turned into 75 minutes and I missed the 8:15 train by two minutes. Has anyone else tried one of those GPS-detected shortcuts and gotten burned worse than just staying put?

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the_finley28d ago

Wait, did the GPS actually reroute you through the express lane, or did you pick it yourself after seeing the gap in traffic? Because that matters a lot for whether the app is to blame or if it was just a bad call in the moment. The ones that factor in real-time merge delays usually avoid that trap, so what app were you using?