I disagree. If the distance is accurate (I've had a few trips where Google Maps seemed to be 10s ahead of my car location) then I don't need to worry about look

I disagree. If the distance is accurate (I've had a few trips where Google Maps seemed to be 10s ahead of my car location) then I don't need to worry about looking at lights or stop signs and deciding if these are the ones they are talking about or the one in half a block. I can easily tell that the next turn is more than 50m and this is the one I need.