Why do Google want to kill me?

[swee'pea99]

Google Maps gives me a route that puts me on long sections of either the North Circular or the A10 - both major roads that idiots whizz along at 50 MPH. No problem! Just click and drag to change the route. Now...send to phone....hang on, what's this?

So, Google thinks I should use the Death Route. And even tho' my preferred backstreet route is on-screen, and therefore presumably accessible to its systems, it won't send me it. Nope, the only route it will send me is the one Google likes.

Googling shows this to be a Google innovation from a couple of years back (apparently it used to send routes, as amended). A thread on it (https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/hca-6mt6CU0) has so far collected 110 posts, over 5000 views, and 1 utterly useless 'expert reply', 18 months ago.

Thanks Google.

 

[MikeG]

They heard you used Bing once or twice.

 

[mjr]

Don't use google for routes. It's less laughable than it once was but it's still not good. cyclestreets and cycle.travel do better IMO.

 

[booze and cake]

hmm, the A10 and the North Circular, my guess is your preferred route goes near the Winchmore Hill HMRC office which is giving Google the shivers, they're renowned for their tax avoidance

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Put an intermediate destination in that takes it off the A10

 

[vickster]

Well if you will live in North London ?

 

[Markymark]

Was Google punishing you for trying to leave London?

 

[Tin Pot]

Maybe it’s your avatar

 

[Markymark]

Well if you will live in North London ?

Should he move to north France like you?

 

[vickster]

Should he move to north France like you?

At least I’m not in Essex aka Belgium