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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jun 28, 2022 21:23:04 GMT
About 75%.
I am not one to blindly trust technology as..... life isn't is perfect, nothing is 100% accurate, and unexpected & unplanned sometimes happens, and technology & getting a signal are not guaranteed. Sometimes using ones common sense is the right thing to do. Especially if traveling alone or in an unfamiliar or less traveled area.
If I were going somewhere unknown, I would have done my homework and have a basic idea of where I was going and what route. I would have basic notes (mini notebook), from Point A to Point B (Freeway 1 to route 2 to freeway 3), then Point C to Point D , etc.. So I have a basic idea of where I was going.
When I did a first time ever solo road trip in 2018. The gps tried to route me the "quick way" over the mountain (two lane winding road, less travelled) and I knew I was supposed to take the heavier travelled freeway around the mountain. I ignored the initial attempts it made, trying to get me to make a uturn, and go the other way. I went the way I planned to go, to avoid going over the mountain and the gps eventually rerouted itself.
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Post by littlemama on Jun 28, 2022 22:07:40 GMT
I prefer to have an idea of where I am going so I can maybe tell if the GPS is going a way I dont want to go.
This past weekend, I did not have a good enough idea of how to get to the freeway and I ended up uttering the sentence "What in the name of deliverance is this route?"
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 29, 2022 12:24:40 GMT
On our older car (2013) the nav has not been updated. We don’t use that car for road trips anyway. Our newer car was built in 2018. We have not updated that nav either, but it’s at least a little newer. We are currently in the process of having a car built and didn’t get nav. I use my iPhone for reliable directions and traffic rerouting.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 29, 2022 12:30:24 GMT
I like Waze. It hasn’t led me astray yet.
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Post by Skellinton on Jun 29, 2022 13:47:46 GMT
I use Google Maps and I trust it for where I am driving almost implicitly. It does a good job avoiding traffic and since I have directional insanity I need it a lot. I don't typically drive in rural areas though. When we were in Idaho several weeks ago it did a great job navigating all their road construction and where we were was pretty rural. My husband has some weird device we use when we go hiking and such and that one we need to be a little more careful with because sometimes it thinks we can drive on trails or bridges that we really can't. But when we actually get out and go hiking it is really nice. Sometimes the trails we go on have lots of choices and spur trails that get confusing.
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Post by SabrinaP on Jun 29, 2022 14:19:24 GMT
This thread reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from The Office.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jun 29, 2022 16:01:48 GMT
I really disliked my car gps - it was out of date pretty much as soon as I bought it, and the annual updates were expensive. It also had a stupid routing of never wanting to show up somewhere with it on your left - even a residential neighborhood that I found annoying. It also hated toll roads, no matter how many times I verified the settings. I use google maps and have had zero issue with it being out of date. It even gives pretty good rerouting information when an accident or issue pop up in front of you which has saved tons of time when a major accident happens. My neighbor swears by waze and was a very early adopter, but the one time I tried it was glitchy, but that was years and years ago.
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Post by artbabe on Jun 29, 2022 16:16:15 GMT
This thread reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from The Office. I was wondering when someone would post that! I love that show. I use Apple maps because my car has the plug in thing that shows your iphone apps on the screen. I think it is called carplay. I love it. It is very accurate for Central Ohio. I've never had a problem with it- it updates in real time and reroutes you if there is some kind of traffic jam. It has never steered me wrong. I did have a problem with it in the Hocking Hills because the internet/data is really spotty there. I was going to a scrapbook retreat and the GPS went crazy- I had no idea how I was going to find my destination. On long road trips it has definitely taken me down some little farm roads when you would think it would use a more used road. Every time it has done this the weird little route turned out to be faster than the normal route. I like the scenic route- I think it is part of the traveling experience.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 29, 2022 16:19:05 GMT
I tend to trust the app on my phone about 80% I'd say. sometimes it tries to give me wacky directions - like 'exit here and turn right, then go 1/4 mile, turn around, and go back the other way...' when I could have just turned left, lol.
I would DEFINITELY do what the signs said, though, in a case like described in the original post. If the road is POSTED 'dangerous' or whatever, I would trust that over any phone / GPS / etc.
eta: If I'm doing a long road trip (I've driven AZ to IL and back a couple times on my own), I actually still use printed maps and/or a road atlas. I will also review the entire route beforehand instead of just relying on my GPS to tell me what exit to take; I use a highlighter to mark out my route, and mark the pages in the atlas so I can follow along on the printed map as I'm driving. I feel more comfortable if the road signs (upcoming towns, highways, etc.) I'm seeing jive with what I researched on the printed map rather than just waiting for my phone to tell me what to do next.
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Post by *sprout* on Jun 29, 2022 16:34:05 GMT
In a large city, I trust it completely. If I'm somewhere more rural with two tracks, forest roads, etc I know that I need a non-tech backup.
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Post by snoopy on Jun 29, 2022 16:48:21 GMT
I have very little faith in the GPS. Once when we were on a road trip in Oregon, the GPS led us into a neighborhood, then eventually onto a gravel road. We kept going down this gravel road because it was pretty narrow, and there was no safe place to turn around. The road finally ended at a gun range! We joke that the GPS was trying to kill us. Another time we were in Southern California and did some sightseeing seeing, then we were going to Disneyland. We entered the address for our hotel, across the street from Disneyland. The GPS took us to a business park a few blocks away.
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