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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.
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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 Of course it quickly went out of date but I have often thought an online user-generated version would work well. |
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On the other hand if it were successful the nice quiet places would quickly become swamped, so it would work terribly. |
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Personally, I prefer Unix find(1) to Apple's Spotlight. |
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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. |
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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." |
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I will bun if I can drive really fast without getting a speeding ticket!! (like the autobahn) + |
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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that repealed interstate highway speed limits, anyway.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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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oh that's all...I already go 90 on the highway...
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I want to drive beautiful, windy roads at high speeds with lovely scenery just whizzing by... |
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