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> I never could remember which exit to take I don’t mean for this to sound snarky, it’s an honest question: are there no signs? Having to “remember” which exit

by hnarn 5y ago

> I never could remember which exit to take I don’t mean for this to sound snarky, it’s an honest question: are there no signs? Having to “remember” which exit to take seems to indicate to me that the route isn’t drivable in any intuitive way (ie follow the signage to your city/block) Because if there are signs, I just think this depends on how we individually use GPS assistance.

rich_sasha 5y ago
My experience is the same as GP. Signs take attention looking at. They often don’t point to where you want to go, but some other major destination along the way, or road names. Junctions can be confusing. When I can, I like to drive without satnav, it makes me appreciate the geography more.
thrashh 5y ago
I won’t even the remember the exit name if I use a nav app. And I’m someone that can walk around randomly and perfectly keep a mental map of the whole area.
rkuska 5y ago
My hometown is a small one, so I have to remember which (bigger) cities are prior to mine. Also it's not just going on a single highway to reach my destination it's a combination of 2 different highways and several motorways and even roads that lead through villages. There are also often detours because of construction and whatnot. Maybe important to note, this is Europe. Going from one's country big city to other's country small city. It's not just straight single highway.
lvturner 5y ago
Seeing the right sign but being three lanes over in nose to tail traffic is a semi-common occurrence when driving for me - missed many exits that way...
NikolaNovak 5y ago
If you have 230km trip, it is unlikely there'll be signs at beginning that indicate "turn left to go to specific place X". Similarly when you get to exit highway or turn to downtown, it'll say "Jarvis street exit" or "Exit 238", but if you're going to a random house on a random street in random part of random town, signs really may not be that helpful or specific. So I may be going to 123 Brown street of Pleasantville, and to get there I need to take number of random roads in my town, get to highway 10, then take ramp to Highway 20 West (which at this point is actually going South, because highways are wiggly but need consistent naming), then take exit 303 "Alabama Street" to go to Atom road to drive 20km to take right on Williams Boulevard to get to town of Pleasantville and take 3 more streets to go to Brown Street. (also, note that I've found signs in different places be oriented very differently; in parts of Europe, you'll frequently have sings that indicate which way to a selection of big neighbouring cities; I don't really see that in North America)

by hnarn 5y ago

rich_sasha 5y ago

My experience is the same as GP. Signs take attention looking at. They often don’t point to where you want to go, but some other major destination along the way, or road names. Junctions can be confusing. When I can, I like to drive without satnav, it makes me appreciate the geography more.

thrashh 5y ago

I won’t even the remember the exit name if I use a nav app. And I’m someone that can walk around randomly and perfectly keep a mental map of the whole area.

rkuska 5y ago

My hometown is a small one, so I have to remember which (bigger) cities are prior to mine. Also it's not just going on a single highway to reach my destination it's a combination of 2 different highways and several motorways and even roads that lead through villages. There are also often detours because of construction and whatnot. Maybe important to note, this is Europe. Going from one's country big city to other's country small city. It's not just straight single highway.

lvturner 5y ago

Seeing the right sign but being three lanes over in nose to tail traffic is a semi-common occurrence when driving for me - missed many exits that way...

NikolaNovak 5y ago

If you have 230km trip, it is unlikely there'll be signs at beginning that indicate "turn left to go to specific place X". Similarly when you get to exit highway or turn to downtown, it'll say "Jarvis street exit" or "Exit 238", but if you're going to a random house on a random street in random part of random town, signs really may not be that helpful or specific. So I may be going to 123 Brown street of Pleasantville, and to get there I need to take number of random roads in my town, get to highway 10, then take ramp to Highway 20 West (which at this point is actually going South, because highways are wiggly but need consistent naming), then take exit 303 "Alabama Street" to go to Atom road to drive 20km to take right on Williams Boulevard to get to town of Pleasantville and take 3 more streets to go to Brown Street. (also, note that I've found signs in different places be oriented very differently; in parts of Europe, you'll frequently have sings that indicate which way to a selection of big neighbouring cities; I don't really see that in North America)