[spikeagally]

I think knowledge of the city is still much better than relying on GPS. The gap may have narrowed significantly but I'd still rather by driven by someone who knows the streets. One example I regularly encounter is Uber drivers following GPS down these extremely narrow (6ft I believe) bollard lined connecting roads. They are easily avoided if you know the area but every Uber driver will take them while we both hold our breath until we get through it.

[rhdunn]

There was a recent Tom Scott video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmWREtcDVBE) where he was using a GPS and Tom Hutley (a London cabbie) only relied on his London knowledge to get around, travelling the same distance after reaching certain landmarks. It was interesting to watch.

[spikeagally]

That was really interesting, thanks for sharing.

[ghaff]

Google Maps regularly makes poor decisions to save two minutes. I was reminded of this just yesterday driving in New England where we've had some snow here and there. It took me on a more direct route to a location than I usually take but I let it do its thing. Lots of turns on very secondary roads some of which had some drifting and ice on the road. Nothing very bad but the more main route coming back was definitely better.

[midoridensha]

The problem here is that the GPS system doesn't have enough local knowledge encoded into it yet.