The paradox does not take into account the rigidity of a roadway user&#x27;s route. If your current route to work takes x minutes amount of time to drive and a new roadway is about to be opened that will reduce the drive time by ten minutes (x-10). News announces the new route, ribbons are cut, and signage is put in place announcing the new roadway.<p>* The user is aware of the new roadway and utilizes the roadway.<p>* The user knows that the old route was 10 minutes more and was the current ideal.<p>* Other users utilize the route under the same 10 minute saving condition, driving up the amount of traffic over time, even when the new route ends up adding travel time to the original time.<p>* Users do not consider going back to the old route, even though it may be better now as the system builders had declared this route to be the best. There is also an internal feeling that if the new route was like this, what will the old route look like.<p>* When talking to people who drive, once a known route has been established, it takes a lot to get them to change. That is why accepting Waze provides such a great opportunity for balancing traffic and utilizing roadway capacity.