It blows my mind talking to my grandpa. His first question is how was traffic and the next is how did I get there. Then he’ll say well next time take the 5 for 3.9 miles, then hop on 78 until you see the 420 then do a triple lane change to the 69 then you’re home. And then I’m like sure thing grandpa I’ll remember that for sure, as I’m tapping the home button on google maps lol.

In my defense, I use it not because I don’t know how to get where I need to go, but because it shows real time traffic info that could help me find another route to avoid said traffic rather than being stuck in that traffic. Driving through local roads to get to work sucks because sometimes it’s fine but other times there are accidents or roadwork that causes backups.

I wouldn’t have survived either. I barely survived the Map Quest era. One wrong turn or a detour and I was fucked.

Honestly they should just be pleased we don’t have to spend as much effort and brain space as they did just for transit.

I remember 15 years ago navigating for my dad to get him through Montreal using only one of those horrible paper maps. It was awful.

Today Google maps navigated me from the middle of nowhere Vermont (which is pretty much the entire state) all the way home across country and provincial borders no problem.

Sometimes theres traffic and the gps lets you know to avoid it!

my ancestors watching me open my contacts list because I can’t remember a single phone number (they’re really invasive ancestors)

I’ve enough with this one

A trick to “learn” routes… put the GPS in your pocket, and only listen to it… this way you start to spot the landmarks we used to use to navigate by.