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Originally Posted by Tcoat
100% agree! Those that think paper maps or directions are better are out of their mind. Using electronic GPS devices is not being lazy or incompetent but is simply more efficient. Especially those that update traffic condition, construction, closures, etc. I will indeed use my GPS to drive the same route I have every day for 20 years just to know what is going on ahead of me. This very morning it saved me sitting stopped on the highway for 45 minutes or so because they had a section closed for repair. If I hadn't had the GPS on I would not have known and been able to avoid it.
No doubt there are many millennial hipsters that feel paper is the way to go though.
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All perks as well. Knowing what’s ahead of you is critical, all on board for that. I always check my route and what traffic flow, construction, etc. looks like. I’m just highlighting that people’s inability to navigate through their surroundings, especially their local area without “turn by turn” directions is shameful. God forbid the network went down, so many people would have no idea how to get anywhere. Additionally because Google Maps and Waze also have a tendency to route everyone to same way, it increases traffic flow on those routes and often routes you through areas that were not built for that traffic flow.
I often find going my own route, that google maps and waze will fight the whole time, gets me home quicker than what they quoted me on when I started my trip.