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Even roads that should be real are in different state of maintenance, there's some very bad roads here in central Italy, the likes that will tear a wheel apart

Even roads that should be real are in different state of maintenance, there's some very bad roads here in central Italy, the likes that will tear a wheel apart from your car but due registration show white or even yellow on Google maps. I do most of my intercity navigation trough state and road signage, with the navigator on but only for the last stretch, like driving me to the address once we're close. Around here, "navigator shortcut" had already become a derogatory term for their inane suggestions. There's some that provide a truck mode, but I don't know what weights they have on their algos. Via Michelin used to have a main roads mode, but they didn't give turn by turn back then only planning.

roytries 6y ago
In the Netherlands we have signs like the one below. Telling you to stay on the highway and turn off your GPS. Because Google Maps and other software makes you take all these weird short-cuts. Putting trucks through small towns etc.. I think they also have them in Belgium. (https://images.trafficsupply.nl/imgfill/800/800/i-114795-69c/tijdelijk-bord-situatie-gewijzigd-gps-uitschakelen.png https://images.trafficsupply.nl/imgfill/800/800/i-114795-69c...
- viraptor 6y ago
  To be honest, unless you know why the sign says this, it's not completely clear. Is it warning that your GPS will turn off? Is there EM interference around the area? Should I follow the road unless I've got GPS active? I suspect it would take me a moment to process this into some action.
  - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
    Yt doesn't help that there's a substantial number of "the best way to X is Y" (language varies) type signs that are not there because it's the best way, but because a semi truck once got stuck or because there's a turn involved that's terrible at rush hour or some other reason that boils down to the "wrong" way being the better option except for some edge cases.
  - ryandrake 6y ago
    A lot of people confuse "GPS" with "moving map software". I had a neighbor once say "My work's address is wrong on the GPS". There is likely nothing wrong with the GPS signal. It's just that the map data in the area may be known to be incorrect.

roytries 6y ago

In the Netherlands we have signs like the one below. Telling you to stay on the highway and turn off your GPS. Because Google Maps and other software makes you take all these weird short-cuts. Putting trucks through small towns etc.. I think they also have them in Belgium. (https://images.trafficsupply.nl/imgfill/800/800/i-114795-69c/tijdelijk-bord-situatie-gewijzigd-gps-uitschakelen.png https://images.trafficsupply.nl/imgfill/800/800/i-114795-69c...

viraptor 6y ago
To be honest, unless you know why the sign says this, it's not completely clear. Is it warning that your GPS will turn off? Is there EM interference around the area? Should I follow the road unless I've got GPS active? I suspect it would take me a moment to process this into some action.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  Yt doesn't help that there's a substantial number of "the best way to X is Y" (language varies) type signs that are not there because it's the best way, but because a semi truck once got stuck or because there's a turn involved that's terrible at rush hour or some other reason that boils down to the "wrong" way being the better option except for some edge cases.
- ryandrake 6y ago
  A lot of people confuse "GPS" with "moving map software". I had a neighbor once say "My work's address is wrong on the GPS". There is likely nothing wrong with the GPS signal. It's just that the map data in the area may be known to be incorrect.