Originally Posted by
ajGoes
You're blaming the software for a weakness in your phone's GPS. Google Maps gives timely turn instructions on my latest phone, but it had trouble on the previous one which had some serious performance issues.
No. It is not a weakness in the phone's GPS. It is actually a problem that the GPS is too accurate and google thinks it can rely on it.
There are always margins of error. Like google maps will get confused if you are driving alongside a road, about 10 feet off, when such a road doesn't exist. Well, it may be something called construction.
The issue is google maps thinks you are supposed to turn in the middle of the road. When in fact you turn before you actually reach the intersection.
Google maps is also horrible at telling you what lane to be in. If there are 2 left turn lanes, it'll say both are fine. But then you have to make an immediate right after. So it should have told you the right lane. I guess it doesn't understand the concept of traffic or other cars on the road, so you cannot do everything "right away".