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These are fair responses, but I'd like to push back on the idea that turn-by-turn is a suitable replacement for experience. In practice, an Uber driver relying
by dionidium 11y ago
These are fair responses, but I'd like to push back on the idea that turn-by-turn is a suitable replacement for experience. In practice, an Uber driver relying on GPS in a neighborhood he's unfamiliar with is a driver who is making a lot of wrong turns, using streets that have better alternatives, and sometimes even attempting to use routes that are closed.
- stormbrew 11y agoOn the other hand, it's sometimes a problem that you 'trust' the taxi driver to know the best route, since there's no guarantee they're actually using it (if you're in a strange city or going somewhere unfamiliar). I honestly prefer they use a GPS because at least then I know the source of their choices. Sometimes that means it takes a little longer to get there, but I'm comfortable with that tradeoff. YMMV.
- potatolicious 11y agoAgree, it works in some places, but in dense cities with a lot of driving and traffic idiosyncracies a driver who's reliant on turn-by-turn is frustrating as all hell. It's part of why I've started using Ubers a lot less - their driver churn seems high and there are a lot of new drivers who just don't know the lay of the land, and here in NYC that's pretty critical. A driver leaning on a GPS unit to get around is the difference between missing the Manhattan bridge on-ramp on the Brooklyn side 3 times in a row vs. getting back into Manhattan at a reasonable hour :P True story, that one.