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Bob Bidonde · 06-15-2025, 07:12 AM

What is a download where you can select Model "A" friendly roads?

alexiskai · 06-15-2025, 08:15 AM

nkaminar · 06-15-2025, 12:39 PM

On Google maps you can select to avoid highways. One thing I like to do is to choose the satellite view and then zoom in to view the road. I can then adjust the route to my liking.

Charlie Stephens · 06-15-2025, 05:15 PM

The map feature on an iPhone lets you avoid highways.

Charlie Stephens

Synchro909 · 06-15-2025, 06:32 PM

There are so many idiots on the roads these days that I have to ask "Are there any Model A friendly roads?"
Personally, I don't mind multi lane highways in my Model A. At least faster traffic can get around me easily whereas on a "quiet" single lane road, difficulty in overtaking is the source of much frustration for other road users. The situation is worse when a group of Model As is travelling in convoy and too close to each other.

JayJay · 06-15-2025, 06:59 PM

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One thing I've noticed about Google maps, when you select "avoid highways", the system will undergo contortions to do that. I've had it switch me from one side of an interstate on frontage roads to the other five times in two miles, just to avoid that interstate. What I've taken to doing during planning is to use Google maps to put in my beginning and end points, then gradually zoom in to where surface or secondary roads turn up. You can then drag your route to those roads.

Another thing I've found, and used successfully several times: If I'm in a town overnight on my way from somewhere to somewhere else, I'll go to a local pub and eat at the bar. Striking up a conversation with locals and asking what are good roads to drive has turned up some very interesting things. One time in Wyoming I did this and was sent on a road that actually didn't show up on my paper map at all. Got to a town of about 1600 people and there was an airport - with a half dozen or so bizjets! WTF! I normally don't equate a small town way hell and gone from anywhere, and bizjets. I stopped for fuel and asked about that, and was told that this town (I think it was Saratoga, WY) was sort of an unofficial center for second properties of the ultra-rich from Denver, who would fly up for a couple of days.

06-15-2025, 07:12 AM	#1
Bob Bidonde Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 4,113	Driving Directions Download What is a download where you can select Model "A" friendly roads? __________________ Bob Bidonde

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alexiskai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Mebane NC Posts: 2,848	Re: Driving Directions Download

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Charlie Stephens Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,305	Re: Driving Directions Download The map feature on an iPhone lets you avoid highways. Charlie Stephens

06-15-2025, 06:32 PM	#5
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,043	Re: Driving Directions Download There are so many idiots on the roads these days that I have to ask "Are there any Model A friendly roads?" Personally, I don't mind multi lane highways in my Model A. At least faster traffic can get around me easily whereas on a "quiet" single lane road, difficulty in overtaking is the source of much frustration for other road users. The situation is worse when a group of Model As is travelling in convoy and too close to each other. __________________ I sometimes wonder what happened to the people who asked me for directions. Even at my age, I still like to look at a young, attractive woman but I can't really remember why.

06-15-2025, 06:59 PM	#6
JayJay Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 2,108	Re: Driving Directions Download Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) One thing I've noticed about Google maps, when you select "avoid highways", the system will undergo contortions to do that. I've had it switch me from one side of an interstate on frontage roads to the other five times in two miles, just to avoid that interstate. What I've taken to doing during planning is to use Google maps to put in my beginning and end points, then gradually zoom in to where surface or secondary roads turn up. You can then drag your route to those roads. Another thing I've found, and used successfully several times: If I'm in a town overnight on my way from somewhere to somewhere else, I'll go to a local pub and eat at the bar. Striking up a conversation with locals and asking what are good roads to drive has turned up some very interesting things. One time in Wyoming I did this and was sent on a road that actually didn't show up on my paper map at all. Got to a town of about 1600 people and there was an airport - with a half dozen or so bizjets! WTF! I normally don't equate a small town way hell and gone from anywhere, and bizjets. I stopped for fuel and asked about that, and was told that this town (I think it was Saratoga, WY) was sort of an unofficial center for second properties of the ultra-rich from Denver, who would fly up for a couple of days. __________________ JayJay San Francisco Bay Area ------------------------ 1930 Murray Town Sedan 1931 Briggs S/W Town Sedan It isn't a defect, it's a feature!