Comment by nullc
21 days ago
In 2005 or 2006 google maps gave me directions that would have gotten me a ticket (I know because I'd previously gotten a ticket by accidentally taking the same route). I emailed. A human responded back and thanked me, and they corrected the behavior.
Many things have changed since then.
Curious what the situation is that would have given you a ticket for taking a particular route; was it a legal "no through traffic" or going the wrong way down a 1-way street?
How does the police force distinguish between a map route and people randomly bumbling there? Were there signs that were ignored?
In Herndon, VA near dulles airport there is a toll road that extends into DC. However, if you enter the toll road from the airport you get into special divided lanes that are toll-free for traffic to/from the airport. (Or at least there was two decades ago)
I got a ticket that way once when I was visiting because I only knew how to get back to my hotel from the airport so I drove to the airport then to the hotel-- and I guess the police watch for people looping through the airport to avoid the tolls. In my case I wasn't aware of the weird toll/no-toll thing-- I was just lost and more concerned with finding my hotel than the posted 'no through traffic' signs.
Later, after moving to VA, I noticed google maps was explicitly routing trips from near the airport to other places to take a loop through the airport to minimize toll costs which would have been quite clever if it weren't prohibited.
haha, wow. I've only driven THROUGH VA a few times and had a sphincter pucker almost the entire way just because of reputation. That's nuts.