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Originally Posted by Kirsten Lee
We traveled thru downtown Atlanta yesterday around 11:00am. Traffic was moving well above the speed limit. Chattanooga was more stop and go. Thru Nashville and north of Nashville it was slow going. There was a car in the grass between the north and southbound lanes. The police on the northbound side decided to block the left lane about 3/4 quarters of a mile before the car in the median in the same spot where the right hand lane ends. 3 lanes down to one. This added 45 minutes to the drive. Boy do I miss the old flip page AAA Trip Tiks where you could see alternate routes. Yes. I know there are phone apps but I like looking at a paper map.
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Even with GPS and phone app's, I still keep one of these in the car.
Target : Expect More. Pay Less.
Especially since most GPS' and phone app's will give you what they consider the quickest route (if that's the default you've chosen), even if it's only a few seconds faster according to their algorithm's.
I have had to 'aim' toward a certain town, then put in my final destination when wanting to travel a different route.
When doing this, the new route will often show up as either taking the same amount of time or only a minute or so longer...but is much more interesting/scenic.
Having the Road Atlas, makes it much easier to plan a route to program into the GPS/phone app...than the one it wants to give.
