comment: >
  
  No thanks, I’d rather not risk them damaging my lawn or hitting my stuff, plus large trucks can damage your driveway.
  Make a 3-point/U-turn or take the detour.
context: I don't mind at all as long as they stay on the pavement and don't hit my light or bushes. >
  
  And the driver should dim their headlights during the maneuver too. Nobody needs a high beam at their dinner table. >
  
  You should be using dipped beams if you're near a house anyway. >
  
  You shouldn’t have your high beams on in any residential area, hell it’s illegal in my entire province to use your high beams in any township or city with working streetlights >
  
  Does anyone even need high beams if they're not in the remote woods with no street lights? >
  
  You’d be surprised how many people don’t even turn on their lights let alone think to check the brightness >
  
  I ve always had it on auto. So I ll surely forget if I don’t have a auto setting in a car >
  
  A lot of modern cars have the option for off, auto, parking, on. My 2014 doesn’t have auto lights 
  Even in a modern 2020 vehicle I don’t understand how people can have the dash lights that bright after dark >
  
  If by “U-turn” you mean pull part way into the driveway and then back out, yeah that’s cool. >
  
  This is what I mean. Not sure if there's a better more accurate word. >
  
  It's called a "3-point turn". >
  
  This, or a K turn >
  
  K has 4 points no? >
  
  The k one includes your starting and ending points. How I imagine in is start at the top right, pull to bottom right, back up to the bottom left then pull away to the top right (I think that makes sense) >
  
  I think that does. 
  Good job! >
  
  As long as you aren't doing it with your highbeam lights on at 2am there's absolutely no issue with it.
  It's a legitimate method of turning around in narrow streets where a 3-point turn would be difficult.
  Whether google maps would ever have it as a feature, I doubt it. Just use your best judgement as to where and when it's safe to do it. >
  
  I've never understood why people get mad. If there's no car parked there, what's the harm in another car using that area for 10 seconds to turn around and leave your life forever? >
  
  We have a gravel drive way in a rural area. Big trucks, delivery trucks, and everyone else will often use our driveway to pull a quick turn around. 
  They are not as kind to the ground as the 4 home owners who share the driveway. 
  I feel like a nosy old lady sometimes, but I will hear a car drive in, swing around fast, grind their tires around to make their super fast and messy 3 point turn, and then peel out very fast to make it back on the road. 
  Like, I wouldn't mind if they just rolled in smooth and slow, and turned around at a driveway speed, then headed back out- but they don't. 
  We have had to refill the first 40 feet of the drive twice this year. The damage large trucks, and other high strung idiots do, effects drainage during the winter months by grinding out the gravel and soil. 
  If people where just doing a polite pull around, I wouldn't mind- but they peel out like assholes and grind the gravel into a weird groove/gully and it's a pain. >
  
  This is why we installed a gate. Then sit in your window and look at them when they realize they have to find a different way. Bonus points it the next person is more direct and calls them out. >
  
  Yeah, it's definitely in next year's plans. It's just a bit of a pain as there are 4 people to get payment from for a project like that. I'd install it and pay for it myself- but it's always a bit political with the neighbors. >
  
  I've seen a sign someone posted in their driveway saying "do not turn around here" or something similar. Getting one probably wouldn't prevent the situation but maybe it could deter some folks in the meantime while you plan for a fence >
  
  All a sign like that will do is ensure anyone that does use it; uses it extra hard. >
  
  They could get sued for this if you hit someone or something. I am not adverse to doing it but we all have brains that have veto power over our navigation apps. And should be able to do this while taking on all of the liability. >
  
  It doesn't bother me and it's funny because they bottom out their back bumper every damn time (we live on a very steep hill - you gotta come out at an angle). I feel bad for them but it's still funny. >
  
  Put up a sign haha >
  
  Idk why you’re getting downvoted. I feel like a sign that says “be careful, steep drive way, don’t scratch the bottom of your car” would be extremely helpful and thoughtful >
  
  Signs are ugly and distracting, it's not a requirement to put one on your property, anyone driving on it does so at their own risk. >
  
  Oh yes booo the human who thinks of helping other people bc “the sign is ugly and distracting.”  
  🤷‍♀️ >
  
  I don’t think Google maps should include it because a) it has no way of determining whether the driveway is occupied or not, and b) if you go ahead and do a Uey on a driveway and get back on route, then Google maps will automatically detect that you’re back on the OG route. I don’t need a machine to hold my hand for every little thing. >
  
  This.. imagine how annoying it would get when maps asks you to do a u turn when you drive past every driveway in a dense suburb. 
  Much easier to expect drivers to have common sense than to try idiot-proofing google maps >
  
  “In 20 feet, do a U tu——“
  “In 15 feet, do a——“
  “In 23 feet, do a U turn——“
  “In 20 feet, do a U tu——“ >
  
  Is this a thing you're not supposed to do? I used to do this constantly back when I was delivering pizzas. Never got so much as a nasty look, and I was delivering in the suburbs. You'd think if anyone would be uptight about it, it'd be homeowners >
  
  I've had customers who ordered pizza give me shit for parking in the drive to deliver the bastard.
  Only rarely though and maybe I skidded ip the drive at pizza boy speed or something but I don't think so. Baffling they didn't want reimburse for wear and tear on the doorbell. >
  
  I got sent down some crazy lane the other day and my option was either reverse all the way back or turn on someone's drive and go back forward facing. No way am I gonna reverse all that way mate... >
  
  
  but Google Maps should list it as an option
  
  Imagine how frequently the Maps UI would have to update and reroute, everytime you passed a driveway it'd say "make a" "make a" "make a" 
  That shit already happens way too much when rerouting via side streets and now you want it on steroids with driveways?? That's poor UI design buddy
  Better just to stick with common sense vs trying to idiot-proof google maps >
  
  My TomTom says "Make a U-turn where possible." unless it finds a quicker route. >
  
  Not really. If you want to take a U-turn on someone driveway then do it, google maps doesn’t need to tell you that. >
  
  Oh look! Someone is here! Which kind soul has come to lift my spirits with a visit! I better get out the good glasses-ohhh it's just a U-turn... back to my crippling loneliness and despair. >
  
  Just imagine the directions each time you miss the turn house marker though. Make a... Recalculating... Make a u.... Recalculating. That would be annoying. It wouldn't have any way of knowing which driveways are blocked or in use. >
  
  The only reason I don't like it is I think I'm getting company. >
  
  People put up tire spikes to prevent it near me.
  Wonder how many people just end up taking the spikes. >
  
  Google Maps in the country I live in will take you through walking paths and parking lots to avoid traffic at the roundabout 💀 it registers dirt as roads because everyone goes off-road to avoid traffic so much >
  
  What a bunch of prudes around here jfc >
  
  Legally google maps can’t rout you through private property, even if it is publicly accessible. So maps telling you to turn into someone’s driveway could be legal trouble >
  
  I hadn’t thought of this, but it’s a great idea. >
  
  Just don’t be a douche canoe and pull up all the way to the house or use the driveway to no park while you wait for someone/make a call. And don’t pull into a driveway that kids are obviously playing in, that creepy and dangerous!!!
  Had so many people pull all the way up the driveway beside the house when they had like 4 car lengths to stop in to back up. And so many people idling in our driveway with their lights shining right into our dining room. 
  (What made this all hilarious was there was street parking so pulling out of driveways was always fun, but in the time it took most to do the turn, they could have just driven down about 10 houses close to each other and turned off the street onto another road, our street sections weren’t that long… and it was all pretty much a grid so every side street cut across main roads so there were plenty of route options >
  
  I guess that's American thing. I don't know if that's a common thing in whole Europe but in my country we even train that manouver during our driving lessons. It's called "turning around using infrastructure" >
  
  This is totally an American thing, couldn't believe the hostility in the comments, find it scary a society can get like this. I'm UK, even parking on someone else's driveway (which is very much not on) would be a civil matter. Turning around on someone's driveway would literally be nothing, like no crime, no incident, no shooting, nothing. Just a car facing the right direction. >
  
  In Germany it's illegal to make a U-turn in a driveway thats not yours without permission. Google Maps will never have that "feature", because it's not allowed. I don't if it's the same in other countries >
  
  Yes, Germany, where there’s a regulation for everything >
  
  I prefer the quick flick and an ebreak turn over the drive way method. >
  
  Imagine Google maps forcing people to do a 3 point turn in your specific driveway to get to a place 😬 >
  
  I've never even thought about it. Why wouldn't you turn around using a driveway, it's safe and easy. And why would I care if someone turns around in mine? >
  
  I've seen rubber fake spikes advertised to put on your driveway to deter the public from using your driveway to turn around. >
  
  I turn my headlights off if I'm doing this at night, I figure it's just being considerate to not blast the inside of their house with light. >
  
  I don’t care if someone needs to turn around…NGL I’ve done it when I’ve been lost in BFE, just don’t leave fucking trash or drive on the grass. >
  
  I have no problem with anyone using my driveway to turn around because I've had to do it myself.  I do try to find a driveway that looks empty so as not to disturb the homeowners. >
  
  it was annoying seeing some dudes tire tracks at the end of my driveway for months, since i just sealed it. that's my only legitimate relevant experience. >
  
  I was unaware using someone's driveway to turn around was considered somehow unacceptable. >
  
  Google shouldn't direct you to someone's driveway, because it's possible for the homeowner to block it. You can't count on any specific one. Also, you don't need google to tell you where a driveway is, because they are everywhere. >
  
  I live on a dead end st. There's legit no place to turn around except driveways, so I get it but why not turn around in the driveway of the folks you're there to visit? There are so many people who visit someone up the road from us and choose to turn around in my driveway. It's neither convenient nor especially nice for turning around in. Also the headlights shine right into the 3 rooms we spend the most time in.. annoying. >
  
  Honest question - why does this bother  people so much?   I live in a condo so I am always curious about this debate >
  
  I charge people $5 for turnarounds in my driveway but it’s really hard to make money when everyone goes to the neighbors and does it for free >
  
  Do you mean three-point turns?  Most driveways aren’t even remotely near wide enough to use them for a u-turn. >
  
  Wait people actually get butt hurt over this >
  
  I'm a delivery driver for various companies, and the people whom get butt hurt are the same ones that end up blacklisted. They are the same folk with dogs running around that bite me. I'm a dog lover btw... >
  
  The only thing I hate is when drivers see you in your parking lot and still try to use it as a U-Turn spot. 
  Bitch please I'm in my parking lot skateboarding, you can hit me so I can sue you lol 
  But in seriousness it's incredibly annoying if you're using the parking lot and someone tries to use it as a U-Turn spot. That or they keep their brights on like dicks, or even worse for a lot of us, you have muddy tires and track mud all over the parking lot that we have to clean up if we try to keep it modest. 
  It's not the concept that makes me mad, it's the people who often times feel entitled to do what they want even if confronted not to for any reason. >
  
  I'm cool with it. Just be quick about it. >
  
  Personally, I don't care too much usually.
  But we have dogs and multiple family members with anxiety. 
  So we put up "no trespassing" signs.
  ... Everyone ignores them and people still use our driveway to turn around. 
  Y'know, the only one on a street full of houses that has those signs. >
  
  Same. We put up a small chain on two stakes in the ground across the end of our drive way. 
  Best 50$ I’ve ever spent!! >
  
  In the US, no one cares if you turn around in their drive way. Just be quick and don't do it late at night >
  
  Not true I was doing instacart I turned onto a long gravel driveway right off the highway I was at the top right by the road. It was a bust road so I had to wait for a bit to back out but there was a guy with his dogs one ran to my car so by then I was worried to back out then the guy starts yelling cussing at me flipping me off. It was ridiculous like what is doing that going to help. I was so frustrated people can be so fucking rude  now I'm always worried if I pull into a drive any time. >
  
  Did you see the part where I said "be quick"? >
  
  I can't control traffic it was like a minute tops I'm not risking an accident because I'm at the top off a driveway that is partly on the road. There are other people who get mad. >
  
  Why not just flow with traffic and find an appropriate turnaround? >
  
  I was in the country there was nowhere. There's no reason for people to act like that over their driveway I wasn't doing any harm. >
  
  How are they supposed to know that a complete stranger who makes their way into their property means no harm? Why else would someone be on their property for an extended period of time? >
  
  Yes because somebody sitting in their car trying to back out is so threatening. >
  
  Again, how are they supposed to know you intentions? You're a stranger in a car who enters their property for an extended period of time. Long term, you didn't for no reason. Short term, you could be planning a fun household murder. How are they supposed to know where you land in between? >
  
  It wasn't an extended period jeeze. I did nothing wrong and there wasn't anything they could do about I was leaving. Because real criminals just pull barely off the road barely in the driveway to commit a crime. Normal people don't think oh a car in my driveway they are here to commit a crime. >
  
  Make a 3 point turn or circle the block.  If you pull into my drive and make my dogs bark, then I have every right to be pissed at you.  Driveways are private property - and yes, pulling into them without the homeowner’s permission can be illegal (in the US).
  If you’re taking 9 minute detours because you can’t figure out how to get back going the other way, you need to just get off the road, park, and figure out a new route yourself. >
  
  The last 3-4ft of driveway have a public easement that allows the post office and delivery workers to drive on to your property to do their jobs. I bet your dogs are going to bark at them regardless.
  Maybe this is a you issue, maybe if your dogs are that easy to rile up you should get a trainer >
  
  This is why i have a stone fence. People kept using my driveway because it's the only one on the block.
  ​
  You can go leak oil on someone elses pavement or crush someone elses driveway lights and disturb someone elses dogs who bark anytime a car pulls in.
  ​
  Entitlement is believing you can use what isn't yours while believing the owner to be the jerk for not liking it.
  If you walk through someone's yard at night it's trespassing but for some reason people deem driveways fair game open to all, occupants inside trying to relax at home be dammed. >
  
  Merry Christmas to you! Feel free to turn on my driveway any time you need to. If you are having oil trouble knock on the door I'll see if I can help, I'm not a mechanic but I have some spare oil to top you up if you have a bit of a leak. >
  
  I work 12 hours a day at night and my wife works during the day meaning one of us Is always asleep at home.
  We have 2 kids and dogs too.
  Any stranger knocking on my door expecting me to help with an oil change would be extremely annoying when I'm trying to sleep or relax after work.
  Prior to the fence I had damaged lights and never ending barking because my house has the only driveway on the block so everyone deemed it public use. >
  
  Alright mate, make sure you got the 'Misery Awaits...' signs up outside so that anyone thinking of doing a three point turn on your drive doesn't end up leaving a spot of oil to ruin your otherwise perfect existence. >
  
  Imagine  working 20 years to afford a house and have a family and having some random strangers online think their opinion and entitlement to use your homes driveway that costed you money to put in should trump all that.
  Don't like it? Too bad law Is on my side. My property, my rules, my right to have a fence. 
  You're free to try to try and  drive through the wall though if you're really determined to use my property rather than the public road that's free for all and paid for by all via taxes allowing anyone to use it. >
  
  Totally can imagine that I've worked 20 years to afford my house and driveway. Can you imagine that someone else in my country has also worked 20 years to pay for their house and driveway. And then, get this as it'll blow your mind, yeah, because of 2000 years of society, we both feel entitled to turn around on each other's driveway. Check it out, we both benefit and it's great, and no one gets angry and no one gets shot. Different world is possible, it literally exists in this world, in loads of other countries. But you shake your fist at 'those damn hippy kids' go for it. It'll make you happy, guaranteed. >
  
  Here's the thing.
  You're not me and don't have my home life
  If you're okay with people using your driveway that's your right
  But my driveway is mine and if anyone thinks it's wrong to restrict access so my lights don't get broken and my dogs don't disrupt mine or my wife and kids rest, they're they ones who have a problem and are majorly entitled.
  I want to do a u turn, screw you for trying to rest or keep your property not damaged. That's not entitled thinking from the driver?
  In indonesia where my wife is from everyone has fences around their homes for security and peace of mind to deter thieves and criminals from damaging or stealing what they worked hard to earn.
  No one is entitled to someone elses stuff or has the right to dictate how they can live on  their own property
  The law says I can have a fence, i have a fence to prevent access. You live how you want and I'll do the same.
  That seems like the most optimal agreement, no? >
  
  Alright you won. I probably wasn't likely to use your driveway anyway. In all honesty your country seems so unwelcoming I don't think you have anything to worry about from me. >
  
  It is a welcoming country
  Most are nice, some are not just like every country
  If i sound rude or mean it's not the case.
  I'm normally very nice and helpful to strangers
  But having property damaged or my dogs keep my wife, me and my kids from having relaxation In my own home is where I draw the line.
  I won't sacrifice and give up my own comfort to make someone else slightly more comfy and able to shave a few minutes off their drive time tongo around the block.
  Rights end where another's begin and i feel I have the right to enjoy my home and the property that came with it >
  
  Rights end where others begin? The true sadness of this phrase is that you probably think this is a good thing. I hope things improve in your society and you don't have to be angry or afraid anymore. >
  
  My driveway is blocked with a gate. Move along.