Actually, I ran into a situation you all might like on this topic. I was visiting a friend staying with someone in a shady area somewhat between OK areas and The Hood. Easy route to get there on a major highway that keeps you away from harm. Now, I have to see another friend in Middle America (aka &quot;the burbs&quot;) which can be reached same way with one exit leading to Interstate. Just use the GPS to find last, odd roads on the route. Results surprised me.<p>Route 1: Turn left here, right here, right here, left here, highway here, odd roads here. 30 minutes.<p>Route 2: Get back on highway, drive a while, Interstate, drive a while, odd roads. 33 minutes.<p>Thing is, I recognized each street in route 1: The Hood(s) with about 300 cops a shift who can&#x27;t keep up with the amount of stuff that goes down. The other was a straight, safe shot. I thought, &quot;Is Google really trying to send me through all the worst areas of my city... areas where you have to stop right next to potential carjackers and killers... just to save <i>three minutes</i>?&quot;<p>Now I know why people coming through think my city is just a shithole. It&#x27;s a mix of great, good, OK, bad, and ugly but Google keeps sending people through The Hood. No wonder they think it&#x27;s nothing but poverty and crime. So, then I got the idea for a movie or TV show where there&#x27;s a serial killer that, SAW-style, makes people kill themselves. By Google Maps instructions they follow blindly into the worst areas. You might see it on TV but you heard it here first.<p>Yeah, don&#x27;t trust the GPS&#x27;s until they know the difference between an armed robbery and an Interstate. At the least, they need to realize we won&#x27;t take that kind of risk unless we&#x27;re talking about saving 30min to hours, the interview is too important for Interstate traffic, or she was one bad-ass lady. Not over three minutes, though. ;)