http://www.pcmech.com/article/navigation-tip-sometimes-you-do-know-the-best-way/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.pcmech.com/article/navigation-tip-sometimes-you-do-know-the-best-way/comment-page-1/#comment-17626 Eric Schultheis Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:02:51 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/navigation-tip-sometimes-you-do-know-the-best-way/#comment-17626 If you are talking about I66 connecting VA with our nations capital Washington DC it is a common problem because inside the beltway I66 becomes a time restricted HOV only road. This means solo drivers cannot use the road inbound in AM rush hour and outbound in the evening. I speculate that the GPS makers and mapping sites have lawyers telling them to avoid using this road simply to avoid any claims of being directed to break the law resulting in litigation and million dollar damage suits. Many modern GPS have added user selectable criteria switches to get around this and put the responsibility back on the user. These are listed as Time Restricted Roads or something similar but my experience is very few users understand the proper way to use these features. If you are talking about I66 connecting VA with our nations capital Washington DC it is a common problem because inside the beltway I66 becomes a time restricted HOV only road. This means solo drivers cannot use the road inbound in AM rush hour and outbound in the evening. I speculate that the GPS makers and mapping sites have lawyers telling them to avoid using this road simply to avoid any claims of being directed to break the law resulting in litigation and million dollar damage suits. Many modern GPS have added user selectable criteria switches to get around this and put the responsibility back on the user. These are listed as Time Restricted Roads or something similar but my experience is very few users understand the proper way to use these features.

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