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What does this mean on Google Maps?

My best guess is it’s a busy road so it’s dangerous and not really meant for bicycle and walking. I’ve done 13 miles yesterday to get a comic book on a bike and this right here is the distance between my house and a friend’s house I told I can come on bike because what I just did gave me a feeling I could do it but my ass hurts so not right now. But yeah I want to see how this would play out. Before I would walk but I took a bike to a comic book store because it would’ve closed if I walk and I ended up getting there in time. Took longer than expected something that should’ve been an hour probably took 2 or 3 hours. So yeah I can do half of that for sure.

Eiri ,

Often Google tries to have me cycle on a trail that has zero snow removal in the winter. So there’s that.

grumpo_potamus ,

Biking is also pretty dependent on the individual and their setup. The elevation changes, distances, sustained speed, and terrain one individual and their equipment can handle can vary drastically with another person. Not to mention someone’s tolerance for whatever the weather might be doing at the time while you’re completely exposed to the elements on a bike or walking.

It’s just them taking a “your results may vary” approach while covering their own ass.

Anecdotally, while driving in Colorado, I put in a destination that I was driving to in bike mode on accident. The destination was like 80 miles away from where I was and involved climbing and descending a mountain pass. Google Maps was very optimistic about how long it would take me to bike there…all without knowing my anything about my health, the kind of bike I have, if I would be able to bike at that elevation, etc. (being Google they probably knew)

davel ,
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Uphill?

Greg ,
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lemmyuser100002 ,

Probably “this route may or may not be a construction zone and/or actually have any kind of bike lane”

jalapeno_popper561 ,

I think means try Organic Maps

spittingimage ,
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It means that for legal purposes Google is going to assume you stop for red lights.

turnerpike20 OP ,

There are no traffic lights in this route.

pedz , (edited )

PeOpLe On BiKeS dOn’T StOp On rED LiGhTs! HueHehUhEHUhE!

Meanwhile people driving multi-tons vehicles are not coming to a complete halt at every stop sign and it’s completely fine. People in cars are important. They have places to go. Not like those idiots on bikes that may start ahead on a red light not to get hooked by a car turning right.

Look at all those damn people on bikes not stopping at stop signs:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUDIwZWh91s

www.youtube.com/shorts/7yd5pRyrsF4

half ,

“We make more money from cars. We half assed the walking instructions. Good luck and fuck you.”

unknowing8343 ,

It’s 100 % because they don’t really know if bikes can go on the roads it tells you. Their focus is clearly on cars, and they don’t feel comfortable in their guesses on bikes, specially considering that the risks of bad injury skyrocket if you ride somewhere where you shouldn’t.

tiredofsametab ,

I've seen that same warning for walking. I think it's just Google saying "good luck with that; we're not legally responsible". I think those warnings have shown up more since cars would follow the GPS with zero common sense and drive into a lake or something.

200ok ,

Good point. It does read like a liability disclaimer.

I’ve noticed that Google doesn’t always get the speed limit correct on more rural roads.

Or it can’t tell if a temporary, lowered speed sign has been posted in a construction zone, for example.

ghashul ,

Or as I’ve seen when they have got the lowered speed because of roadworks, but then keep the low speed after everything is finished. No, I think I can drive faster than 50kmh on the motorway.

Zerlyna ,
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Dwight did try to warn him…🤷‍♀️

xantoxis ,

Mostly it’s just CYA for google since cycling is more dangerous than driving (due to the people driving), so there’s more surface area for them to get sued.

But yeah

  • turns and crossings that look safe on a map don’t have very much data on whether they’re actually safe, because google has a thousand times as much information about drivers than cyclists.
  • google sometimes suggests routes that can’t be traversed, legally or at all, by a bike. Same reason.
  • sometimes google suggests avoiding something a bike doesn’t actually have to worry about. This is actually the category of error I see the most: google sends you around something when you could simply walk your bike through it, or ride through it, because you’re not a car.
MrQuallzin ,

My guess is that it may not be factoring traffic conditions for bicycle directions

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