Hi folks, it’s been a while since I posted so hopefully I’ve not missed out on too much!
I’ll drop a few segment links below and name them for the benefit of the text I’m about to write, refer back to these if confused.
I’ve selected small segments of road connecting to/near to the major junctions I’m looking at for the benefit of simplicity.
Extra pre-info:
I am only a level 2 editor, and roughly 20k away from level 3 so this won’t be something I can edit any time soon given most of these are level 4 locked.
I am a beta tester for android.
I use Android Auto via a connected head unit (built in, not aftermarket) extensively and not the phone App itself.
I have read the wiki article for UK lane guidance and the discussion had here initially posted by hublander.
The Text:
These junctions I drive on a regular basis, as do the vast majority of people. There are no pre-warning turn indicators, no junction information signs (beyond the usual left/fwd/right), and the arrows/markings are pretty faded in places despite what the satellite imagery shows.
I am under the impression that they would come under the “potentially confusing” junctions even though the vast majority of people get it right, especially in places such as limekiln lights where the road layout in waze is over simplified as a basic cross road, when in reality in places it’s a 6 lane separated mess.
Some of the junctions show a mixed bag of “standards”, for example potteries way/broad st is a conventional H junction which is fine, but move further across to the Tesco junction and you’ve got split lanes (centrally divided so fine) converging into star of sorts before exiting out to split lanes again. As for Etruria road, I’m pretty sure it was drawn up that way due to a lack of lane assisting features, now they exist I’m pretty sure that can be simplified on layout.
As a further thought, there’s a lot of places that suffer from lane cross-over in Stoke/Hanley. In other words, people who can’t follow the (faded) road markings and cross over from their lane into other lanes and back again because of bad road layout. I’ve unfortunately been struck several times because of this, much to my annoyance. I don’t propose or believe at all that lane guidance is the future and will solve this, people who don’t use waze or are just bad drivers/ignorant will continue to drive badly and be ignorant to markings, but perhaps it can help unfamiliar drivers?
So in essence, what I’m asking is would these junctions benefit from lane guidance? When can the production app be expected to see results? And lastly, if they do benefit from it, can someone make the changes so I can see how it works for future benefit and “test” it in the beta app.
Also side note, will it show in AA or is it app restricted right now?