[aherz]

A paid version would be great but Google would have to figure out how to judge traffic levels without location data.

[OmarGonzalez]

Yeah I'm not saying is easier for google, but would be a net gain for everyone in the long run

[_underfl0w_]

There are other suppliers of traffic data outside Google.

In fact, some of Google's traffic data is based off things like police reports.