[amelius]

This is a nice opportunity for navigation software to set themselves apart: let the navigation along the given path be time-constrained. Thus, if the user is lagging behind, send them to a highway; if the user is ahead schedule, let them wait for a while.

[xtreme]

Cars, and even planes are way too slow to track the moon's shadow across earth. The speed seems to vary from ~1500-3000 mph depending on how close you are to the equator. An SR-71 Blackbird would have a hard time keeping up with that.

[idlewords]

The Concorde flew the path of totality in 1973, remaining in the shadow for 74 minutes.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8qwk/the-concor...