gettingthere wrote:Otherwise leave it as street. No need to finely define concrete vs. asphalt vs. dirt as a road surface. We don't need yet another road classification.

shrike1978 wrote:The road I grew up on in Alabama was dirt (go ahead with the jokes, I can take them), but it was graveled every few years, limed annually and packed and graded regularly, and plenty wide enough for two cars to pass. It was packed quite hard and no more difficult to navigate than many of the paved county roads in the area. It was a very far cry from a 4x4 trail, and I'd be very hesitant to put it anywhere close to the same category, but it was still a dirt road all the same.

Those are the kinds of dirt roads I think of when I hear the phrase dirt road...nothing at all close to a 4x4 trail. There are still a lot of those in more rural areas of the south. In my opinion, those road types should be split to account for the difference.

scruffy151 wrote:

jasonh300 wrote:1. A dirt road is a dirt road whether it has a name or houses on it or not. There's an option to avoid dirt roads, and if the dirt roads aren't labeled as such, that option won't work. If you have that option turned on, but you navigate to an address on a dirt road, Waze will still get you there, but will keep you on paved roads as much as possible on the way.

True. But a dirt road is not a 4x4 trail and I just cannot bring myself to mark a road as a 4x4 trail.

scruffy151 wrote:

AlanOfTheBerg wrote:But I would rather never to be routed onto a dirt/gravel road, even if it is a valid maintained street. I see Dirt Road/4x4 trail as an "or" and in my opinion, I would set these as dirt roads because that's what it is. As was mentioned, if marked as "dirt road/4x4 trail" it will still route you to an address on the dirt road and it will avoid that road if it can if I have it set to avoid. I see no reason not to type it as such.

The problem is there is a big difference between dirt roads and 4x4 trails. The dirt roads around here are as easily navicable in any weather conditions as the paved roads. Whereas a 4x4 trail you need at least 1' of clearance all 4 wheels turning and you still wouldn't want to try them during or after a good rain.

I would like to mark dirt roads as such for people that don't want to use them however without some way to diferenciate roads from trails I am very hesitant to do so.

jasonh300 wrote:1. A dirt road is a dirt road whether it has a name or houses on it or not. There's an option to avoid dirt roads, and if the dirt roads aren't labeled as such, that option won't work. If you have that option turned on, but you navigate to an address on a dirt road, Waze will still get you there, but will keep you on paved roads as much as possible on the way.