Mapping software will not route me on 66 (Arlington, Oakton: construction, live)

[kevinm]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

How about learning your way around? Why would you need GPS for somewhere you drive all the time?

The GPS in my BMW and most vehicles continually calculates the ARRIVAL time for your destination. This is good to know if you have an appointment.

[CaliTerp07]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

How about learning your way around? Why would you need GPS for somewhere you drive all the time?

SO nice to have a detour option. When there's an accident on the highway or construction on the road I'm taking, I can tell Rico (my GPS ) that there's a roadblock a mile ahead, and he'll reroute me.

Or in areas where there are a lot of one way streets and turn restrictions, it's nice to have him calculate the next best option when I miss my turn. I used to call my husband crying that I was lost and couldn't find the highway. Rico saves my husband a lot of troubled phone calls!

[Doppelganger69]

CAVA1990, are you for real? I DON'T drive there all the time. That's why I use the GPS. I know how to go places I often go; it's the infrequent destinations that send me for a loop (literally). I have lived in many US cities and some abroad, and I find DC streets some of the most confusing anywhere (that includes Seoul, which doesn't even have street names).

Unfortunately, there are no settings in the Honda GPS to turn off this feature. I'll have to mess more with the Garmin one to find them. And I'll try the dragging on Google. Last time I was headed into NW DC and it insisted on taking me via 123, no matter how much dragging I did. Mostly it wants to put me on the Beltway (ugh) or even 395.

[yamota]

anyone have one of those "Knightrider" GPS systems, you know the one that gives directions with the voice of KITT from "Knightrider"?

[novatert]

I went into DC to buy a monitor on Craigslist. Google kept on avoiding I66, but I went on it anyway. On the way back, I got pulled over and ticketed. I could've bought a new monitor for what I paid for the ticket and used monitor. I think it's a ridiculous law, having a unique law that only apples to one road, that we were not told about in driver ed. I had no idea there was such a thing as an "HOV road" so I was not watching out for it. As an American (and a single man) I assume I'm free to travel on the interstate highway system. The traffic was light, and the troopers were set up at an exit. More than half the cars going through the exit were pulled over for violating HOV. That means if they weren't there, the road would have been almost empty. Basically we have a club of local commuters who have somehow lobbied to get a highway shut down and closed off for their personal use.

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by novatert

I went into DC to buy a monitor on Craigslist. Google kept on avoiding I66, but I went on it anyway. On the way back, I got pulled over and ticketed. I could've bought a new monitor for what I paid for the ticket and used monitor. I think it's a ridiculous law, having a unique law that only apples to one road, that we were not told about in driver ed. I had no idea there was such a thing as an "HOV road" so I was not watching out for it. As an American (and a single man) I assume I'm free to travel on the interstate highway system. The traffic was light, and the troopers were set up at an exit. More than half the cars going through the exit were pulled over for violating HOV. That means if they weren't there, the road would have been almost empty. Basically we have a club of local commuters who have somehow lobbied to get a highway shut down and closed off for their personal use.

You picked the wrong day to do it if it was yesterday. They had a special enforcement day for HOV yesterday. Anyways, there are signs posted, and it is in the Virginia Driving manual. It's your own fault if you didn't pay attention the signs or the manual explaining HOV. Your assumptions were wrong.

[pcity]

Originally Posted by novatert

I went into DC to buy a monitor on Craigslist. Google kept on avoiding I66, but I went on it anyway. On the way back, I got pulled over and ticketed. I could've bought a new monitor for what I paid for the ticket and used monitor. I think it's a ridiculous law, having a unique law that only apples to one road, that we were not told about in driver ed. I had no idea there was such a thing as an "HOV road" so I was not watching out for it.

There's huge overhead signs that say "2 or more persons only 3-7PM". Regardless of what you knew about the area, at least one of those signs should have clued you in.

Basically we have a club of local commuters who have somehow lobbied to get a highway shut down and closed off for their personal use.

It's a pretty easy club to join. Get a passenger and you're good to go.

[pcity]

My TomTom specifically asks if I want to avoid HOV, so I'm guessing that if I hit "no", it will route me on 66. I've never tried it though.

[yamota]

just the other day I saw the dumbest thing, this dumbass in a convertible was driving alone in his non-hybrid car, he had the top down so everyone can see that he was all alone driving in the HOV, eventually a cop saw him and pulled him over amd he actually drove like a half mile before he realized he was the one being pulled over. Justice is served. :lol:

[guyincognito]

Originally Posted by novatert

I went into DC to buy a monitor on Craigslist. Google kept on avoiding I66, but I went on it anyway. On the way back, I got pulled over and ticketed. I could've bought a new monitor for what I paid for the ticket and used monitor. I think it's a ridiculous law, having a unique law that only apples to one road, that we were not told about in driver ed. I had no idea there was such a thing as an "HOV road" so I was not watching out for it. As an American (and a single man) I assume I'm free to travel on the interstate highway system. The traffic was light, and the troopers were set up at an exit. More than half the cars going through the exit were pulled over for violating HOV. That means if they weren't there, the road would have been almost empty. Basically we have a club of local commuters who have somehow lobbied to get a highway shut down and closed off for their personal use.

I always thought the signs indicating that an entire road is turning into HOV-only could be a little more clear and "urgent", if you will. Given how much information is on those HOV signs it's understandable that someone could get confused. Nevertheless, it is posted and as they say, ignorance of the law is no excuse.