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A rant about an experience I had with Google maps today.
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this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2024
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I've driven all over the South and not had issue. Google's walked me down some truly weird back highways and byways, always got me there. And if I wanted to take a different route, I'd go my own way for a bit, let Google reroute.
Like OP though, once it run me in circles trying to get to the SSA office downtown. My wife started to turn according to directions, "No. Keep going, it's not back there."
Had to turn it off because it was driving me nuts, "Make a U turn." No. "Fuck you blind and deaf?! Make a U turn." Once I got past the glitch, no issue.
Probably my biggest wish for Google maps is an option for me to turn off any suggestions to make a u turn.
Maybe it's different in other parts of the world, but around me 90% of the time it's not even legal to make a u turn where it wants me to, most of the rest of the time it's legal but kind of a bad, dangerous idea to try to do one there.
If I'm not at an actual dead-end I'm not making a u turn. Just reroute me around the block, have me do a lap around a parking lot, take me to the next-closest gas station, whatever you need to do, but a u-turn ain't happening on my watch.