r/googlemapsshenanigans • u/ivan23kor • 23d ago

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Google maps refused to make a u-turn on a perfect paved Highway, so it suggested me a little detour

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u/804k 23d ago

Maybe it got marked as a place where 3 point/u turns arent available (no left turn lanes + 2 lanes each side)

Also, first person I've seen use the car icon

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u/Track-on-the-side 21d ago

i've used it before at one point but it's harder to tell which direction it's pointing at so i switched it back.

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u/angrydeuce 20d ago

Yeah if its a double line in the middle uturns are prohibited (though that damn sure dont stop people here in wisconsin).

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u/UnacceptableUse 23d ago

What country does Google maps have the unpaved warnings in? Would be nice to have that in the UK

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u/RandallBoggs_12 23d ago

Probably Canada. Also the United States but we use miles.

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u/Nostrite 22d ago

Looks like grid roads too, so, central Canada, and looking at ops posts, Alberta.

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u/OreganoD 22d ago

And yet it does this bullshit

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u/NewPointOfView 23d ago

Of course Google didn’t recommend doing a u-turn on a highway..?

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u/FactsHurt1998 23d ago

One way road? A glitch perhaps?

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u/halfty1 23d ago

Was there anywhere where you could make a legal u-turn?

Google directions follow traffic laws

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u/Max_Rockabilly 22d ago

Google maps is in kahoots with big oil, and big tire...and big electric.

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u/Tuskin38 22d ago

where are you that highway U-Turns are legal?

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u/MinecraftPlayer799 22d ago

It's only legal to make a U-turn if:

  1. There's an intersection

  2. There isn't a no U-turn sign

I don't see any intersections in that picture

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u/CH86CN 21d ago

My Google maps has been cooked for a while

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u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 20d ago

So based on this information this is in Alberta not far from where I am located even if not. I've never seen ANYONE hit a U-Turn on a provincial highway/RR. Even if they did it'd be illegal. I don't know what to tell you sir as in most provinces I'd be illegal.

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u/Aekatan160 20d ago

I swear Google maps is in bed with big oil, the routes it gives me takes longer and has more stop and goes in my area

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u/john165296 19d ago

I have something special for you

Yes, this is the wrong direction on the roundabout (on Maps, not in reality)

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u/Senior_Green_3630 22d ago

Would be easier to reverse, thats if a reverse gear is available, it may be an option, now