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A similar problem happens during unusual big snowfalls in the country or in the mountains. The primary roads turn red because the cars are going really slow cz
by wh1t3n01s3 7y ago
A similar problem happens during unusual big snowfalls in the country or in the mountains. The primary roads turn red because the cars are going really slow cz there is 50cm of snow. So maps redirects you to secondary roads, where there is nobody and even more snow.
- tokai 7y agoScary, that could kill someone.
- a3n 7y agoNo problem, we have Terms of Service to avoid that liability.
- wh1t3n01s3 7y agoNot really, if you die, nobody will probably know this was the case.
- erikpukinskis 7y agoIs it your opinion that Google (TOS aside) would be legally responsible for accidents that result from hazards on routes that Google directs propel to?
- a3n 7y agoMy opinion, probably not. But based on my legal knowledge (none), it may be arguable. TOS are just another brick in the wall.
- OmarShehata 7y agoWe got hit by a surprise blizzard once (driving from North Dakota to Minnesota, where it went from no trace of snow to blizzard in about 20 minutes of driving). Our car couldn't really make it up any road that wasn't well plowed. I was trying to navigate to a hotel because I knew we couldn't make it back in this weather, but all the closest hotels weren't on main roads. I was desperately trying to figure out a way to tell Google "prefer main roads" so we could find a hotel that was several miles further away if that meant sticking to safer roads. I thought a lot about how a feature like that could save lives in an emergency. Does this already exist anywhere?
- bockris 7y agopresumably your intended existing route was already on the main roads? while in navigation mode you can hit the search icon (magnifying glass) to search along the existing route. it won't be perfect but it should work for your use case.
- dingaling 7y ago> Does this already exist anywhere? Of course, any basic offline routing application that doesn't have live traffic feed. Something like Osmand for example. It's an interesting example of over-optimisation causing unforeseen effects. Perhaps better to rely on naive basic routing combined with external traffic condition prompts instead.
- gambiting 7y agoI wonder if you could quickly save offline maps for the area you're in and then kill the GSM connection. So you could still navigate but without traffic information.
- robbiep 7y agoYes you can do this with google maps - have been able for a couple of years. Hit the hamburger then ‘offline maps’ and it will download your geographic region. Great for international travel as it will still pathfind
- kccqzy 7y agoIt does exist. Download offline maps for the region you are in. Then turn off the Internet connection. Ask Google Maps to do the routing while offline.
- kibwen 7y agoOffline routing works? Every time that I've previously tried offline routing on downloaded maps it spun for a while and then gave up with a connection error. I was under the impression that the only point of offline maps was for looking up locations, not for navigating to them.
- s0rce 7y agoI like zooming out on google maps and you can see the red areas of the freeways shows where its snowing and matches the weather map.
- cerberusss 7y agoThis happened to me once. I was driving to a client while it was snowing. Google Maps told me that there was a faster, less busy way, and avoid the highway. Yeah it was less busy -- because the locals knew damn well to avoid the crazy slick small roads. At some point, I lost control of the car and skidded off the road. Thankfully I didn't end in the ditch.