Absolute positively the worst road ever
What is the worst road you've ever traveled and why? A couple of years ago we were leaving Las Vegas, NEW MEXICO trying to get south to I-40. Our GPS put us on Hwy 104. Trusting our GPS (never agai...
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My only dedicated GPS is an old TomTom. That asked me if an potential route included non-pavement.
These day's I'm using Google's routing on my phone. That seems to handle traffic circles just fine - even warning about upcoming ones. Washington has quite a few on its state highways - WSDOT likes to use them on intersections were there's enough space, and traffic doesn't call for a more expensive stop light or full interchange. WSDOT ones have overrun aprons that are meant to accommodate large rigs, including long trucks.
What did we do in the old days of paper maps, where the only hint that a road might be difficult (in a big rig) was the 'scenic route' coding? And National Forest color coding?
These day's I'm using Google's routing on my phone. That seems to handle traffic circles just fine - even warning about upcoming ones. Washington has quite a few on its state highways - WSDOT likes to use them on intersections were there's enough space, and traffic doesn't call for a more expensive stop light or full interchange. WSDOT ones have overrun aprons that are meant to accommodate large rigs, including long trucks.
What did we do in the old days of paper maps, where the only hint that a road might be difficult (in a big rig) was the 'scenic route' coding? And National Forest color coding?
