Stranded after driving out of cellphone range in app-powered smart car

Re:Stranded after driving out of cellphone range in app-powe... by genocidicbunny on Thursday February 20, 2020 @03:50PM (#22378487)

Along with all of the above, AAA still has free paper maps. If you're traveling anywhere outside the major cities, always bring a paper map with you. It doesn't need to be your primary method of navigation, but when your phone battery is dying, or your navigation app refuses to load because of spotty signal, the paper map will still work.

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Re:Stranded after driving out of cellphone range in app-powe... by cptskippy on Thursday February 20, 2020 @08:23PM (#22380211)

That's an excellent suggestion, especially if you're trying to disconnect and go electronics free. Sadly a lot of people can't even read a map anymore.

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Re:Stranded after driving out of cellphone range in app-powe... by genocidicbunny on Saturday February 22, 2020 @12:34AM (#22389606)

Until you mentioned, I didn't even consider that someone might actually have trouble with reading a paper map. I guess these days with location services on your phone, you never need to really find where you are in the first place. You just tap the button to zoom to your location, and go from there.

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Re:Stranded after driving out of cellphone range in app-powe... by cptskippy on Saturday February 22, 2020 @04:46PM (#22393550)

I don't like the navigation feature in most Apps because I like to know my next couple moves. Google Maps has a tendency to tell you "turn now" or "turn back there".

I have discovered by driving with others as navigators, that a lot of people cannot read a map and are literally just doing what the App says.

If you miss a turn, people are incapable of looking at the map and saying "go one more block and take a left to get back on course". They have to wait for a reroute.

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