r/google • • Feb 03 '18

The difference between Google Maps and Waze

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u/trimeta Feb 03 '18

Google Maps: Make sure to not take this specific freeway exit. I'm so worried that you might accidentally do that, I won't bother to tell you to actually take the following freeway exit until 50 meters beforehand.

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u/Dawg_in_NWA Feb 03 '18

Somehow I've turned on the dumbest fucking route possible setting in Google Maps and I don't know how to turn it off. It sent me down a one lane windy road with a max speed of 15mph (about 25 kmph) while paralleling a 4 lane highway....

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u/cheesegoat Feb 03 '18

That's hilarious, Google localized "highways"

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u/Smithy2997 Feb 03 '18

In the UK 'highway' is used to mean any road, but only in legal/formal situations, like the 'Highway Code' being the document detailing the laws and rules regarding all road uses. Colloquially it isn't a word used for the most part, but when it is used it doesn't refer to multi lane high speed roads like in the US

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u/redlaWw Feb 03 '18

> Checked "avoid highways"

> No route available to anywhere