All these questions on routing???
Just curious about all the requests for best routes etc, some even between towns in the same state. Having drove all over Europe while in the military there, and all over the U.S. while driving truck...
Forum Discussion
I don't have a problem with people asking what is the best way to get from A to B. Real life road experience is much better than a map alone. Especially if you're driving a vehicle that can't simply turn around and go back the other way if it gets stuck.
I actually have more issue with people who ask things like "how long should I spend in X?" or "we're going to X, what is there to do?" or "should I go to X or Y?" Why are you going someplace if you have no idea what's there? Why would you trust a stranger to tell you whether a place would hold interest for you? That just seems nuts to me.
But, yes, as a whole, people have forgotten how to research. So often I see posts on forums like this stating "I'm a student doing a report on X. Tell me all about it." While "google it" is a common comment, no one wants to go through all those results to find what they're looking for. Instead, they hop onto a forum and ask strangers for the answers. I suppose it's the common need for instant gratification that seems to have permeated our culture - folks can't handle the delay of taking a few hours to research for themselves, so they go to forums and ask because forums tend to provide immediate responses (although not always correct responses).
I actually have more issue with people who ask things like "how long should I spend in X?" or "we're going to X, what is there to do?" or "should I go to X or Y?" Why are you going someplace if you have no idea what's there? Why would you trust a stranger to tell you whether a place would hold interest for you? That just seems nuts to me.
But, yes, as a whole, people have forgotten how to research. So often I see posts on forums like this stating "I'm a student doing a report on X. Tell me all about it." While "google it" is a common comment, no one wants to go through all those results to find what they're looking for. Instead, they hop onto a forum and ask strangers for the answers. I suppose it's the common need for instant gratification that seems to have permeated our culture - folks can't handle the delay of taking a few hours to research for themselves, so they go to forums and ask because forums tend to provide immediate responses (although not always correct responses).
