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[Dustydog]

I am not aware that it takes into account traffic etc however it is excellent and taking you the longest route possible to a destination. Try using Google in Bath and see how far you get. LOL!

Generally it’s pretty good but like everything else I use it as a guide . Bath? Been caught out years ago on the steep side roads which narrowed to 6’ 6. “. Thanks to advanced road signs missed it!

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[otherclive]

I am not aware that it takes into account traffic etc however it is excellent and taking you the longest route possible to a destination. Try using Google in Bath and see how far you get. LOL!

When I check out a Google route it generally gives three opinions and estimated journey times. Looking at the routes will show amber or red if there are hold ups. Zooming in will show things like traffic accident, road works etc. Sometime it will identify the incident as input from Waze.

This lunchtime I checked on Google before leaving and it showed the best route via a B road which then joins the main A road further south. Now yesterday the B road was still closed as it has been for three months. So I decided to take a slightly longer more congested route along the A4 and A350. Blow me after I’d selected my lane into an island for the A4 and the alternate B road I saw the B road fully open to traffic. So Google updated in less than 24 hours.

PS we don’t need Google to find the pub, just to show any congestion before we leave. Coming back we don’t care.

 

[Hutch]

I am not aware that it takes into account traffic etc however it is excellent and taking you the longest route possible to a destination. Try using Google in Bath and see how far you get. LOL!

Google maps gives me traffic live data, ie, accidents, slow traffic etc. very useful around my area of the M1, j13 to j15. My Santa Fe gives me traffic and accident only when on a plotted route. Updates to SatNav about £40 , from E bay.

 

[Buckman]

Maybe you need to check your settings - Google always checks traffic conditions when I use it and usually selects the quickest route.

I have just checked the directions to the daughter's residence and Google takes us down all the back roads which are slower. The quicker route is to use the A road, but Google shows both routes with the same amount of time for the trip? The only difference is that using the A road, the journey through the 30mph zone is about a mile longer. It won't let me select the A road route.

In all the years I have hardly ever used Google maps for a journey, so I am not familiar with the app. I am not sure how to access any settings etc.

 

[RogerL]

I have just checked the directions to the daughter's residence and Google takes us down all the back roads which are slower. The quicker route is to use the A road, but Google shows both routes with the same amount of time for the trip? The only difference is that using the A road, the journey through the 30mph zone is about a mile longer. It won't let me select the A road route.

In all the years I have hardly ever used Google maps for a journey, so I am not familiar with the app. I am not sure how to access any settings etc.

If two routes are shown but with the same journey time, it means the difference between the two is just seconds as both journeys will be rounded to the nearest minute.

It sounds like you have it set for shortest rather than quickest - some satnavs also have an option for most economical.

 

[Buckman]

If two routes are shown but with the same journey time, it means the difference between the two is just seconds as both journeys will be rounded to the nearest minute.

It sounds like you have it set for shortest rather than quickest - some satnavs also have an option for most economical.

It came up with as the quickest way is via the narrow country roads. Is there any way you can select the alternative route as it appears not many settings on the app?

What is the difference between Google Map and Waze as they are both owned by Google?

 

[RogerL]

It came up with as the quickest way is via the narrow country roads. Is there any way you can select the alternative route as it appears not many settings on the app?

What is the difference between Google Map and Waze as they are both owned by Google?

I only use Google Maps on the PC, not the phone app - but use Waze app on my phone.

There's some sharing of traffic data from Google to Waze and sharing of user journey time from Waze to Google.

On one particular route, Google directs me along a shorter route but with lots of roundabouts - I ignore it, particularly when towing , and go the route I know to be quicker albeit a little further.

 

[ProfJohnL]

It came up with as the quickest way is via the narrow country roads. Is there any way you can select the alternative route as it appears not many settings on the app?

What is the difference between Google Map and Waze as they are both owned by Google?

Normally when Google works out the route it thinks you want, before you accept the suggestion you can move the way points (White spots) Google has created to different roads and it will recalculate based on your modifications.

I generally use google maps on my PC to work out routes to unfamiliar locations, and if necessary modify the route before I open my phone app which then up uses the planned route.

Google Maps also does allow you choose some general routing criteria, Shortest, Quickest, avoid certain types of features such as ferries, motorways and tolls.

 

[otherclive]

If using my phone I see Googles recommended route in dark blue with estimated journey time. It will often show two other optional routes in light blue. Touch one and it turns dark blue and press Start and your phone starts navigating. As I said in my earlier post if the country lane route is at national 60 moh limit it assumes to some extent you will drive towards the limit. But the sensible driver may only drive between 30-40 mph, Wheras if on the A road option you may be driving nearer the 60, or even 50 mph posted limits.

I only “pull” Google route options around to select my own route when using the computer. Having Essential Tremor in my right arm and using my phone screen would see me visiting some interesting areas far from the intended destination.

 

[Dustydog]

I see on today’s news Tesla have been fined for causing a death with one of their cars. Apparently the driver was in “auto pilot mode”. It failed to see a red light and crashed killing an innocent person.
NB the accident was in 2019 and I expect the technology has improved. But how much should we trust our own cars tech?

Tesla ordered to pay $243m over Autopilot crash

Further setback for Elon Musk’s electric car business after it was hit by falling sales

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Buckman]

I see on today’s news Tesla have been fined for causing a death with one of their cars. Apparently the driver was in “auto pilot mode”. It failed to see a red light and crashed killing an innocent person.
NB the accident was in 2019 and I expect the technology has improved. But how much should we trust our own cars tech?

تسلا تواجه غرامة 242 مليون دولار بسبب "القيادة الذاتية" .. ما القصة ؟

هيئة محلفين أميركية تُدين تسلا وتُلزمها بدفع 242 مليون دولار بسبب حادث مميت، وسط جدل متصاعد حول أمان تقنية القيادة الذاتية.

www.tesaaworld.com

By the same token, not sure how Tesla can be blamed as ultimately responsibility lies with the driver of the vehicle. By the way I cannot read Arabic.

 

[Dustydog]

By the same token, not sure how Tesla can be blamed as ultimately responsibility lies with the driver of the vehicle. By the way I cannot read Arabic.

Arabic revised😎

 

[otherclive]

Arabic revised😎

Telegraph requires subscription to read. But similar accidents have happened in the USA. One where the car failed to recognise a large articulated truck pulling out. Driver if car was playing video game so not looking at all.

 

[Dustydog]

Try this screen dump.

Tesla has been ordered to pay $243m (£183m) in compensation after a jury ruled that its Autopilot technology was partly to blame for a fatal crash involving one of its cars.

A Miami jury on Friday held that Elon Musk’s company bore significant responsibility for the death of a young woman and serious injuries to her boyfriend because its technology had failed.

They assigned blame even though a reckless driver of a Tesla Model S admitted he was distracted after dropping his mobile phone. He rammed into the couple, Naibel Benavides Leon and Dillon Angulo, who were standing next to their parked Chevrolet. 22-year-old Ms Benavides Leon died following the crash.

 

[Buckman]

Generally it’s pretty good but like everything else I use it as a guide . Bath? Been caught out years ago on the steep side roads which narrowed to 6’ 6. “. Thanks to advanced road signs missed it!

I found this A I item 🙀

Yesterday I used Google to determine a trip from our home near Worcester. Google offered three routes with thier best being down all the back roads through Malvern etc which can take forever due to holiday traffic etc. Two other alternatives were offered as a route to Bream. One was down the M5, then M50 and turning off after Ross on Wye. The third one was a total joke and meandered through the countryside.

We know the roads and another route is down the M5 to Gloucester, turn off onto A48 and then towards Bream along the Severn which is not shown at all. That route is quite scenic. Waze showed the best route as down the M5, onto M50 past Ross on Wye and then turn off to bream. Probably the route we will follow however we can only enter the cottage at 4pm so maybe the scenic route is an option. Both offer motorway lanes and then dual carriageway for the majority of the distance.

I have not tried the in car Satnav to see which route it offers, but if similar to Google, then i will revert to using the TomTom Satnav. I am not sure what platform the car's satnav uses. In the Jeep it was TomTom. Beginning to think that it was a wise move not to sell the TomTom unit. LOL!

 

[otherclive]

Yesterday I used Google to determine a trip from our home near Worcester. Google offered three routes with thier best being down all the back roads through Malvern etc which can take forever due to holiday traffic etc. Two other alternatives were offered as a route to Bream. One was down the M5, then M50 and turning off after Ross on Wye. The third one was a total joke and meandered through the countryside.

We know the roads and another route is down the M5 to Gloucester, turn off onto A48 and then towards Bream along the Severn which is not shown at all. That route is quite scenic. Waze showed the best route as down the M5, onto M50 past Ross on Wye and then turn off to bream. Probably the route we will follow however we can only enter the cottage at 4pm so maybe the scenic route is an option. Both offer motorway lanes and then dual carriageway for the majority of the distance.

I have not tried the in car Satnav to see which route it offers, but if similar to Google, then i will revert to using the TomTom Satnav. I am not sure what platform the car's satnav uses. In the Jeep it was TomTom. Beginning to think that it was a wise move not to sell the TomTom unit. LOL!

I retained my Garmin but not really expecting to use it. But our Rio has no satnav so it is used when our grandson borrows the car. He’s very impressed with it.. Such praise indeed from one who in the last 15 months has had two Teslas and a 5 Series. And it’s got Lifetime updates, which I do around four times a year. Whichever route you opt for, enjoy the cottage.