My dad uses Google Maps, and he mentioned that it seems to be getting worse. Like, giving him directions that are obviously worse than alternatives. Has anyone else here experienced this?

  • criticon@lemmy.ca
    29·
    2 个月前

    There’s an option to prefer fuel saving routes, which are worse most of the time. This was a kinda recent chance and it is enabled by default, try to disable it and see if it helps

    • Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      19·
      2 个月前

      It does indicate the “fuel efficient” route pretty clearly though, and always gives multiple other options including the quickest one that isn’t as efficient. If this is what’s causing the issue, OP just needs to look closer at what’s on their screen.

      • whatwhatwhatwhat@lemmy.world
        41·
        2 个月前

        needs to look closer at what’s on their screen

        IT guy here. The number of tickets I could close with this as the root cause.

        • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          5·
          2 个月前

          Honestly I wish you were able to. Some of these people have no excuse to be as ill proficient as they are, and maybe that would change if you could just tell them they ‘read mother fucker’ and let nature take it’s course.

      • Railing5132@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 个月前

        In my experience, the “quickest” are more fuel efficient than the “fuel efficient” routes, which take me through residential areas (where every intersection is protected, meaning a stop sign in at least 1 direction) or stair-stepping on county roads where the speed-up/slow-down cycle negates the benefit of driving on slower roads.

        • Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          2 个月前

          That’s fair, although I think that depends a lot on the type of car you drive. There’s an option to tell Maps what type of car you drive (electric, hybrid, or gas), which will change the results, because cars with regenerative breaking often get better “city” milage than “highway” milage.

          It also probably depends on factors like how aerodynamic your vehicle is, because it makes a huge difference above ~50mph (air resistance/drag increases exponentially with speed)

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 个月前

      Fun fact, they let you tell them what kind of vehicle you have for the fuel efficient route. So when we told it we have a PHEV, it started recommending more surface streets than highways. Kinda cool.