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Although Google Map constantly offering to re-route me onto a slower route is a little odd (e.g. "want to re-route? It will be a 5 minute longer trip!"). I thi
by twoodfin 12y ago
Although Google Map constantly offering to re-route me onto a slower route is a little odd (e.g. "want to re-route? It will be a 5 minute longer trip!").
I think the point of this is to be reassuring: "Hmm... I wonder if it would be faster if I took a right here to get around this backup? Ah, Google says no."
That's increasingly important as the live traffic data gets better and it's worthwhile to use navigation to pick one of several routes you already know.
Google is still not perfect in this regard, but I'm certain my batting average at being able to "beat" its recommended route to a frequent destination has been trending down for some time.
- jedc 12y agoYep, that's how I've always used/interpreted this same feature. I know the various different routes I could potentially take, and knowing Google has already calculated they're slower makes me feel better about the one I'm actually on. :)
- skygazer 12y agoTomTom gives the, admittedly less informative, but similarly reassuring message, "You're still on the fastest route." My level of trust has grown toward not needing this reassurance. I will further admit that this learning process was a bit jarring, realizing what I thought was the quickest (or even "straightest") route was often mistaken. It's apparently quite easy to confuse "good enough" with "optimum".