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Most Enjoyable Drive Search

Pick the route that is the least terrible.
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The title is pretty much the whole idea. Most navigation websites and GPS units have options for avoiding highways, the fastest drive, or the most scenic drive. What they should really have is a "most enjoyable drive" search based on user ratings of various roads. For instance, I may prefer highway driving in general, but want to avoid I-40 at all costs (because it sucks). User ratings would build up quickly for all of the major roads, based on factors like lane width, scenery, # of Starbucks, and road surface condition.
DIYMatt, Dec 17 2011

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       When I was young (before I had a car) I had a book called "Just off the motorway", full of hints for cheap petrol, decent village pubs, alternative routes etc. Of course it quickly went out of date but I have often thought an online user-generated version would work well.   

       On the other hand if it were successful the nice quiet places would quickly become swamped, so it would work terribly.
pocmloc, Dec 17 2011
  

       Personally, I prefer Unix find(1) to Apple's Spotlight.
mouseposture, Dec 17 2011
  

       Yes, but that's because your an anachronistic die-hard who refuses to accept change and prefers to cling to functional but primitive stone tools instead of using the latest forged- bronze operating systems.
Alterother, Dec 17 2011
  

       This would probably work really well if the ratings were multidimensional- include user ratings for general drive contra-shittitude, plus maybe a few other optional factors like food avaliability. Cross- reference it with addresses and reviews on restaurant-review sites and tour-destination rating sites, and you could run a search for specific factors- say, "I'm looking for a nice, pretty drive."
Hive_Mind, Dec 18 2011
  

       I will bun if I can drive really fast without getting a speeding ticket!! (like the autobahn) +
xandram, Dec 20 2011
  

       Drive your buns out to Montana, then. I think it's Montana that repealed interstate highway speed limits, anyway. Maybe it's one of the Dakotas.
Alterother, Dec 20 2011
  

       Aha, thanks. I didn't know they'd reversed the decision, I just remember the newsmedia going apeshit for about three minutes over the 'American Autobahn', which was a really stupid way to put it, but that's modern journalism for ya.
Alterother, Dec 20 2011
  

       I can quote sources all day long saying that speed limits have a pretty negligible effect o nsafety (or how fast people drive) but in ND the straightest, flattest roads in the country have strictly enforced speed limits of 60-70mph.
DIYMatt, Dec 20 2011
  

       oh that's all...I already go 90 on the highway...
  

       I want to drive beautiful, windy roads at high speeds with lovely scenery just whizzing by...
xandram, Dec 20 2011
  
      
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