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Re:Traffic apps turned L.A.’s neighborhoods into ”shortcuts” by oh_sigh on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @06:06AM (#20865112)
Did you ever tell Google maps that you were in a big fan? Otherwise, how would it know?
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Re:Traffic apps turned L.A.’s neighborhoods into ”shortcuts” by michaelt on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @08:06AM (#20865712)
Google Maps doesn't have anywhere to tell it you're driving a large vehicle.

Knowing about and respecting size and weight restrictions is usually a feature on 'professional' sat nav units [1]. Serious delivery companies of course pay the premium to get this feature - but occasional van drivers don't.

[1] https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/sat-nav/truck-sat-nav/

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