Peter Duniho wrote:

Even in VMC, a traffic report may or may not
result in visual contact with the reported traffic, and ATC doesn't seem to
worry much about that.

Hummm ... When I get a traffic report from ATC and I can't spot the traffic,
the controller usually asks me after a minute or two whether I've spotted it or
not. Wonder if this is an eastcoast/westcoast thing?

This is usually VFR through or into class-C or class-D airspace, so I'm talking
to approach.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.