Alternative Route Calculation Appears to Disregard Options without Freeways
The Alternative Route Calculation Appears to Disregard Options without Freeways with avoid freeways turned off.
Hi, I’ve noticed on several occasions that when I look at “other routes” with “avoid freeways” turned off, the app will suggest only routes that use freeways, even though some of these have longer time estimates and longer distances than some options that appear with “avoid freeways” turned on.
For example when navigating from Detroit to Royal Oak (with avoid freeways off) I am given three options involving highways, one 23 minutes and the other two 28 minutes. With avoid freeways turned on, I am given two options that take 27 minutes and are less miles than the options with freeways.
Thus it appears to me that the app prefers taking freeways with avoid freeways turned off, even if it’s a longer route. I think the app should be neutral or instead have a slight aversion to freeways, because they are potentially more dangerous and, when the routes are longer, less fuel efficient.
Jacob Bolton
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