General Banter

[PeeBee]

Once again I agree mate. Google maps suggests that route because it's 6 minutes quicker and 7 km shorter than running down the main (far safer) highways. It's total nonsense.

What my point is, you might be able to convince one, or maybe two young people to ditch app-based navigation and to learn to read and use paper maps, but you're pushing soft stuff uphill with a pointy stick mate when it comes to widespread change and awareness.

Maybe the answer is to change the apps to show the safest and most populous route as first option. That should be the aim in my opinion. But how?? Beyond my miniscule level of skills and capability.

Once plugged in an address to get from one suburb in Melb to another in Melb, push calculate, map route start, instantly in wrong direction but in a hurry, then looked again after 10 minutes to see the journey plan was to an address in Brisbane, journey time32 hrs! Yeah, dont trust them so much and look a bit closer each time. Still arrived late even with the optimised Google route