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At least in NJ, Google Maps typically does a terrible job. When I go from my home to Costco, I take one small road to the highway, take the highway, get off, and take one small road to Costco. It's very fast and easy. Makes a big L on the map, basically.

Google Maps ignores the highway and has me make twenty alternating left and right turns on tiny backroads. It's grueling, a lot of work, and you can't even go fast on them. All because Google Maps is trying to cut the diagonal from one end of the L to the other for a shorter distance. In terms of trip duration, it fails horribly, though.



That's odd, as Google Maps optimizes on duration, not distance: It takes speed into account.

Maybe it's not taking into account how fast can cars make each of the turns?




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