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While we're asking for navigation features, I desperately want a "chill" toggle. I drive around the NY metropolitan area a lot. No, I don't want to take the ro

While we're asking for navigation features, I desperately want a "chill" toggle. I drive around the NY metropolitan area a lot. No, I don't want to take the route that saves a few minutes if it involves merging onto I95 at rush hour with 300 feet to cross 4 lanes of traffic for the next exit.

shawkinaw 1mo ago
Let me add to that: how about “no uncontrolled left turns onto busy streets” mode? Google Maps does this to me all the time and it’s infuriating, it’s up to me to avoid it.
- phist_mcgee 1mo ago
  For us in Australia it's uncontrolled right turns, and it is absolutely infuriating that many journeys would be temporally shorter if the route waited longer for the turn at an intersection with lights. Google Maps would almost surely have this data. It's been like this for at least a decade.
deepsun 1mo ago
But "chill" feature is unavailable in New York city unfortunately.
_carbyau_ 1mo ago
I vote for a "lock it in" feature for motorbike riding. I set up the route, clip the phone onto the quadlock mount, ride down the street and it auto changes the route because of something motorbikes don't care about. Or it rains and that counts as pressing buttons. And now I am riding and with gloves on so I can't fix it. Just "do what I told you" and don't mess with it.
- mc3301 1mo ago
  Yeah, I used to ride with a little speaker on one side of my helmet on the inside... nothing infuriated quite like a leisurely fun ride with the audio constantly telling me to make a u-turn or whatever because it found a route that was 57 minutes instead of 59. I'd love a "I saw your suggestions, I selected one of them, don't give me any more suggestions" feature. This was on google maps. As for detecting rain, that'd be a whole other algorithm.
  - _carbyau_ 1mo ago
    > As for detecting rain, that'd be a whole other algorithm. I'd be happy with a "phone is locked, maps is on display still, register no screen input" so nothing changes until I unlock it.
- Lammy 1mo ago
  > And now I am riding and with gloves on so I can't fix it. It doesn't fix the problem of bad software, but try adding something like https://glovetacts.com/ https://glovetacts.com/ to your riding glove index fingers for this particular issue.
- brenainn 1mo ago
  I use osmand on my bike, it has a lock feature. And if you dig through the settings it probably has an option to prevent recalculation.
dml2135 1mo ago
This has driven me so crazy it’s about to push me off Google maps. If I’m driving upstate, I want to choose a nice straightforward highway route and stay on it. No, I don’t care if I need to sit in a little bit of traffic. No, Google, I don’t want you take it upon yourself to change my route to a bunch of back roads through Bear Mountain to avoid an 8-minute slowdown. I want you to just take me down the route you showed me when I started navigation. I’ve had a couple times now where Google Maps has taken me into absolutely terrible traffic jams on back roads in areas where there is limited cell service. What seems to be happening is that there is a slowdown on the main road and a blind spot on the back route with no service, so Google assumes there are no cars there and no traffic, so it just funnels everyone that way until the whole route clogs up. Utterly infuriating.
delfinom 1mo ago
I love when Google maps in the NY metro area makes me want to take a left-turn, at a stop sign at intersection with a 6 lane road that doesn't get a stop. Yes, these insanities exist and are basically fucking death traps to attempt lefts.
Markoff 1mo ago
Wouldn't disabling real time traffic data or using app not supporting real time traffic data solve this problem?
ulyssys 1mo ago
Apple Maps suggests “your preferred route” as an option when you frequently travel an alternative path. In addition, all maps apps I know of have options to configure use of toll roads and highways.
Elucalidavah 1mo ago
All maps need to have an extra time penalty for turns, merging, etc. Even if the data is taken with an average driver, average driver probably isn't there for the first time, and for someone unfamiliar with the area any extra turn adds an extra chance to take a wrong turn.
- godelski 1mo ago
  It's amazing how bad this is in the Bay area. I wonder how map engineers don't dogfood. Or what is it that prevents them from making the maps better? They sure have no problem making changes that make maps worse.
taraindara 1mo ago
You can do this already. Leave the map up, but silence all direction corrections. Then try to make your own way. If you already have the time to chill, you can take a little more time to think ahead about the route you’ll try. Make a wrong turn or exit and the map will still point you in the right direction.
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shawkinaw 1mo ago

Let me add to that: how about “no uncontrolled left turns onto busy streets” mode? Google Maps does this to me all the time and it’s infuriating, it’s up to me to avoid it.

phist_mcgee 1mo ago
For us in Australia it's uncontrolled right turns, and it is absolutely infuriating that many journeys would be temporally shorter if the route waited longer for the turn at an intersection with lights. Google Maps would almost surely have this data. It's been like this for at least a decade.

deepsun 1mo ago

But "chill" feature is unavailable in New York city unfortunately.

_carbyau_ 1mo ago

I vote for a "lock it in" feature for motorbike riding. I set up the route, clip the phone onto the quadlock mount, ride down the street and it auto changes the route because of something motorbikes don't care about. Or it rains and that counts as pressing buttons. And now I am riding and with gloves on so I can't fix it. Just "do what I told you" and don't mess with it.

mc3301 1mo ago
Yeah, I used to ride with a little speaker on one side of my helmet on the inside... nothing infuriated quite like a leisurely fun ride with the audio constantly telling me to make a u-turn or whatever because it found a route that was 57 minutes instead of 59. I'd love a "I saw your suggestions, I selected one of them, don't give me any more suggestions" feature. This was on google maps. As for detecting rain, that'd be a whole other algorithm.
- _carbyau_ 1mo ago
  > As for detecting rain, that'd be a whole other algorithm. I'd be happy with a "phone is locked, maps is on display still, register no screen input" so nothing changes until I unlock it.
Lammy 1mo ago
> And now I am riding and with gloves on so I can't fix it. It doesn't fix the problem of bad software, but try adding something like https://glovetacts.com/ https://glovetacts.com/ to your riding glove index fingers for this particular issue.
brenainn 1mo ago
I use osmand on my bike, it has a lock feature. And if you dig through the settings it probably has an option to prevent recalculation.

dml2135 1mo ago

This has driven me so crazy it’s about to push me off Google maps. If I’m driving upstate, I want to choose a nice straightforward highway route and stay on it. No, I don’t care if I need to sit in a little bit of traffic. No, Google, I don’t want you take it upon yourself to change my route to a bunch of back roads through Bear Mountain to avoid an 8-minute slowdown. I want you to just take me down the route you showed me when I started navigation. I’ve had a couple times now where Google Maps has taken me into absolutely terrible traffic jams on back roads in areas where there is limited cell service. What seems to be happening is that there is a slowdown on the main road and a blind spot on the back route with no service, so Google assumes there are no cars there and no traffic, so it just funnels everyone that way until the whole route clogs up. Utterly infuriating.

delfinom 1mo ago

I love when Google maps in the NY metro area makes me want to take a left-turn, at a stop sign at intersection with a 6 lane road that doesn't get a stop. Yes, these insanities exist and are basically fucking death traps to attempt lefts.

Markoff 1mo ago

Wouldn't disabling real time traffic data or using app not supporting real time traffic data solve this problem?

ulyssys 1mo ago

Apple Maps suggests “your preferred route” as an option when you frequently travel an alternative path. In addition, all maps apps I know of have options to configure use of toll roads and highways.

Elucalidavah 1mo ago

All maps need to have an extra time penalty for turns, merging, etc. Even if the data is taken with an average driver, average driver probably isn't there for the first time, and for someone unfamiliar with the area any extra turn adds an extra chance to take a wrong turn.

godelski 1mo ago
It's amazing how bad this is in the Bay area. I wonder how map engineers don't dogfood. Or what is it that prevents them from making the maps better? They sure have no problem making changes that make maps worse.

taraindara 1mo ago

You can do this already. Leave the map up, but silence all direction corrections. Then try to make your own way. If you already have the time to chill, you can take a little more time to think ahead about the route you’ll try. Make a wrong turn or exit and the map will still point you in the right direction.

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