I have a habit of just driving around when I have nothing else to do (I think it comes from when I was a cop, LOL, a lot of driving around bored), so i usually learn my way around places pretty quickly.
Those atlas's only show major roads. I work in the oilfield and have to find rigs on small county/farm roads. Look at the maps, find the straightest path, get close to where you are going, and start paying attention to the streets on the GPS from there. Cant count how many times Ive tried to find a fuel stop on the GPS, only for it to take me to a residential neighborhood.:badpc:
fastest routes always use the interstates since thhey have a higher speed limit. Backroad I'm pretty convinced they all use 55 MPH to figure travel times. really annoying. I wish those things would "learn" actual travel times and update to real speed limits. I try to keep my tom tom updated, but I always have a real paper map.
Plus they don't take into fact that the "backroads" have a ton of small towns that drop the speed limit to as low as 35 MPH.
It's like going from Spring to Gilmer... it is "shorter" to go up HWY 59 (instead of I-45) but it takes almost an hour longer due to all the small towns.
fastest routes always use the interstates since thhey have a higher speed limit. Backroad I'm pretty convinced they all use 55 MPH to figure travel times. really annoying. I wish those things would "learn" actual travel times and update to real speed limits. I try to keep my tom tom updated, but I always have a real paper map.