GPS rerouting due to accident

[philh]

I run with a Garmin and Waze. Most the time they agree, sometimes they disagree, but when both tell you to exit now, I'm exiting 🙂

Except, neither one updated fast enough to tell me if I'm going right or left. Wild A** guessed, and got it correct. But what a PITA. It was the 2nd major accident on that day 😞

On another trip, I got off the freeway, walked right into another rush hour/ accident avoidance miles long traffic jam. Knowing the area, took another road 2 miles south, drove about 5 miles west, got back into the alt route, right in front of the truck that was in front of me. Then when I finally got to the freeway, got on right behind the exact same truck I was behind when I first darted off the freeway. It was interesting to see it made zero time difference, but I hate sitting in traffic.

[BCSnob]

Last night west bound I70 was shutdown for several hrs for an accident. We saw more than 10 tractor trailers head up our road with many cars following. The thing is the road they were on ends at a 3 way intersection just after going over a 1 lane bridge with a 90deg turn before the bridge. I’m not sure how the rigs made the turn onto the bridge and then the turn at the stop sign. Turning right at the stop sign takes them back towards where they came. Turning left takes them towards sections of winding 1 lane road.

Following the trucks in this case would have been a bad option. Traffic was backed up and stopped on our road.

[navigator2346]

I don't use the alternate route because I don't know where they will take you. I usually stay the course unless all the trucks are leaving the road and then I might follow the truckers

[BB_TX]

Google maps will highlight the alternate route in blue so you can immediately see the turns in addition to the voice commands.

I rarely jump off as there have been too many times even creeping along I still ended up ahead of the traffic stuck on the service roads.