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As a fellow user of Google Maps, I'd gladly give up those features to make the roads a little safer. You have different priorities.

• Fogest 5y ago
  Yes but what I mentioned does not require any interaction, it still does change the route to a faster one without having to do anything. I don't see how that makes a difference in safety? I am not worried about people using a GPS on the road, I am worried about the people I've seen who are scrolling through their social media feeds and watching videos that play in the feeds and everything. Or the people sending big text messages, the people who are having conversations with passengers and for some reason always have to look at the person to speak rather than keeping their eyes on the road, etc....
  • JohnFen 5y ago
    > Yes but what I mentioned does not require any interaction, it still does change the route to a faster one without having to do anything. I don't see how that makes a difference in safety? It makes a difference for people (like myself) who very much don't want the route to change automatically. It means that some attention has to be paid to the app so you can tap the screen in time to make it stop, and it means that you have a time-limited action that you must perform. Two things that add to the cognitive load and distraction.
    • Fogest 5y ago
      Yes, but the OP of this comment thread you tagged along on said they preferred it the other way: > No, I don't need a pop-up if you want to reroute me around an accident. If it's faster - just reroute me, if it's not - don't. That is what I am addressing. That it already does automatic rerouting without user interaction being required.