Increased traffic on country road.

[oosik]

Every once in a while - a really large, long semi is seen tippy-toeing down our county road. They will never get stuck but I'll bet they never come that way again.

 

[NorTracNY]

I certainly have had Google mess up. One time it wanted me to go up a farmer's driveway and continue on their farm path between their fields. There was no way anyone would think this was a public road except for an areal image.

 

[MossRoad]

I certainly have had Google mess up. One time it wanted me to go up a farmer's driveway and continue on their farm path between their fields. There was no way anyone would think this was a public road except for an areal image.

WAAAayyyyy back in the early 80’s my wife and I were camping in southern Indiana. We wanted to drive between two points, but the local state roads were all under construction. We stopped in a dry goods store south of Gnaw Bone and asked for directions.

The woman behind the counter said, “Well, you can either turn left on the road and follow the runaround (detour) about 20 miles over to X, then come back on Y road. Or, you can turn right, go down to the big tree, turn left, drive down the lane, ford the creek, cut across the pasture and you’ll be right there in 5 minutes.”

We took the runaround.

 

[ponytug]

It seems that part of the problem is the map programs do not have a setting for vehicle type...at least not one for trucks. That would be a good upgrade. Some roads recommended are not passable by trucks, even in the city.

You can buy them, e.g. the Garman OTR700, but that means that it is an extra expense that many large vehicle operators forego. The Tread SXS can run $1500.

All the best,

Peter

 

[MossRoad]

I changed the icon on my Garmin to a big red pickup truck with mud tires. Does that count?

 

[MossRoad]

I changed the icon on my Garmin to a big red pickup truck with mud tires. Does that count?

It was kind of funny, because they’d just built a new highway south of us, and it wasn’t in the Garmin yet. So I’d be driving along, and the big red monster truck with mud tires was showing on the GPS as going through farm fields, woods, etc., at 65-70mph and the little voice kept telling me politely to return to the route.

 

[Jstpssng]

The first time that I used GPS was in a coworker's truck, we were on a project working our way down a power line R/W. He had it set to our end point for the day and his truck was backed in off the road so when I jumped in it said "Turn right." I drove to a nearby intersection where it told me to turn right again... then on the next left hand turn; anther left; another, and a fourth, ending up on the road that I had started from.

Apparently I should have turned left from where the truck had been parked.

 

[5030]

Interesting OP comment. I'm seeing fewer vehicles on the roads around here as fuel prices are directly impacting travel for non essential stuff. IOW a lot of people cannot afford the bust.

 

[MossRoad]

Interesting OP comment. I'm seeing fewer vehicles on the roads around here as fuel prices are directly impacting travel for non essential stuff. IOW a lot of people cannot afford the bust.

Wife and I drove down to Indy and back twice in the past 2 weeks, both on Sundays. We were just talking about how much MORE traffic there was than what we’d normally encounter, especially in the northern half of the trip. We’ve been making that drive about 8-9 times per year for the past 11 years, so we have a pretty good handle on the traffic load.

Normally I’d expect it to be attributed to a large event, like the Brickyard, Indy 500, Colts, game, etc., but the traffic was in both directions.

 

[5030]

Not seeing that up here interestingly. I would imagine it all depends on disposable income and how much you can afford to 'dispose' of to fill your tank with expensive fuel.