If you look at the GPS route and Waze provided route, it’s pretty obvious what happened. Waze routed the user to turn right, then make a U turn, effectively executing a wide left turn.
I can’t figure out what caused this. Any ideas?
That’s pretty funny. Will mark again to try to follow up tonight, but I’d guess that Waze believes it is faster to make a right turn, then a U-Turn, than to just make the left turn =P.
What we talked about this afternoon/morning may actually be a contributing factor.
Ok. I think I’ve figured something out here…
The segment that the user was routed to (east, then UTurn back west) is actually TWO parallel segments. Split road? Why? https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=usa&lon=-122.01426&lat=37.27141&layers=3877&zoom=9&mode=0&mapProblemFilter=0&mapUpdateRequestFilter=0&venueFilter=1&segments=84588553,84588557
Could this be causing the weirdness?
No the split road should not be the cause of the issue. The split road is because that segment is “divided” into 1 right lane going straight and 2 left lanes turn left. This split allows the app to announce earlier so people can get into the proper lanes.
I think what KT says earlier is the most likely answer - turning right and U-Turn is faster than turning left.