Do you often need to scroll a map on your car's screen?

chrisseaton · on July 3, 2019

Yes. To see where I'm going to be going or find something. Do you not?

TylerE · on July 3, 2019

No? I just enter my destination and let it actually navigate

chrisseaton · on July 3, 2019

I often look around on the route to see if it's suitable, what I'm going to past, where I might stop, things like that. Just entering the destination and going without looking first is a recipe for being one of those idiots trying to drive down an unsuitable country lane, in my experience.

TylerE · on July 4, 2019

In years of using Waze for thousands of trips I've had that happen exactly zero times.

It also has functionality built in to find things like restaurants and gas stations near your active route.

cglace · on July 4, 2019

How do you handle being rerouted? Also, how do you handle routes for 12 hour drives?

jessaustin · on July 4, 2019

Wow, the world has all kinds of people. This attitude is bizarre to me. It seems similar to something I've heard before, "Why would I look in the rearview mirror? All that stuff is behind me so I don't care about it!"

TylerE · on July 5, 2019

No, it's really not at all the same. I'm using a tool for the job it was designed to do (and does very well). That doesn't mean I don't pay attention.

I'm just not arrogant enough to think I'm better.

jessaustin · on July 5, 2019

a) "The tool" does afford the ability to scroll around and change zoom levels; that probably required some "design" to do that.

b) Is it "arrogant" to think that I understand my own goals and preferences better than a mapping app? Yikes.

alanbernstein · on July 4, 2019

I don't drive a car. Whenever I watch someone using navigation while driving, the map follows the route,so there is no need for that.

chrisseaton · on July 4, 2019

> the map follows the route,so there is no need for that

This is how you end up driving on an unsuitable route, by not looking ahead about where it’s going.

And sometimes you want to see what else is around you and not just program a destination.