Same, google took me down a flooded backroad in between two fields in the middle of a gargantuan rain storm while I was a couple hours away from any meaningful sign of civilization a few years ago. Water was topping the roadway itself as I hustle-limped to safer ground, and it was like 2-3am so I wasn't getting help anytime soon.
TBH, google can fuck right off with that "better route available" shit in the first place. I accept that my own user error is a factor in it being a problem, but often when I start a trip I select the route I'm interested in for reasons that lie outside google's algorithm. It isn't cool to settle into a drive only to be interrupted by "BETTER ROUTE AVAILABLE; USE THE INSIDE LANE TO EXIT NOW.(as I'm already passing it) DO YOU ACCEPT."
KrakatauGreen t1_j1rxnui wrote
Reply to comment by rangeDSP in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34
Same, google took me down a flooded backroad in between two fields in the middle of a gargantuan rain storm while I was a couple hours away from any meaningful sign of civilization a few years ago. Water was topping the roadway itself as I hustle-limped to safer ground, and it was like 2-3am so I wasn't getting help anytime soon.
TBH, google can fuck right off with that "better route available" shit in the first place. I accept that my own user error is a factor in it being a problem, but often when I start a trip I select the route I'm interested in for reasons that lie outside google's algorithm. It isn't cool to settle into a drive only to be interrupted by "BETTER ROUTE AVAILABLE; USE THE INSIDE LANE TO EXIT NOW.(as I'm already passing it) DO YOU ACCEPT."