All these questions on routing???

msmith1199 wrote:

We Cant Wait wrote:
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 the only references I ever had was, a European Road Atlas, and U.S. Motor Carrier Atlas. Are we as a whole getting to the point that we must have others do more and more things for us by others instead of researching things our self? With all the electronic routing possibilities available to us i.e. Mapsgoole, GPS's, I-Phones, etc it'd seem that planning a route is as easy as a couple of clicks on the key pad.

It's all about getting local knowledge. I'm also ex-military and a licensed pilot and I've had GPS's since they first came out. I can find my own way anyplace I want to go without help. However, last summer I took a cross-country trip and got on here because I had some specific questions about certain areas. For example I was going to need to go through Chicago on a weekday afternoon. I could see the routes to take on the map, but I wanted to know the routes the locals knew and I got that info and used it.

Have you ever used your GPS in an area you are familiar with and notice that the route it picks for you is not the route you would take based on your knowledge of the area? That's why people ask questions on here.

Yes I have. I will not follow an electronic maps advise on how to get from my driveway to US-50. It's only 2 miles straight south, but they want me to go south a mile and a half, west 1 mile through a narrow county road with low tree limbs then south one half mile. Oh I was going to go east on US-50 when I got to it. Thanks GPS. Not.