Only the best navigators could hold the map quest printout up at dashboard height with one hand and simultaneously watch the road signs, the road, and the turn by turn instructions simultaneously. Many failed and simply drove off the face of the earth.
Oh God that anxiety when the printed directions tell you to turn right in 3.5 miles, and you feel like you’ve gone about 5 but you’re not sure, and maybe that slight split in the road counted as a right turn, and now you should be moving on to the next step but you’re not quite sure…
Only the best navigators could hold the map quest printout up at dashboard height with one hand and simultaneously watch the road signs, the road, and the turn by turn instructions simultaneously. Many failed and simply drove off the face of the earth.
Oh God that anxiety when the printed directions tell you to turn right in 3.5 miles, and you feel like you’ve gone about 5 but you’re not sure, and maybe that slight split in the road counted as a right turn, and now you should be moving on to the next step but you’re not quite sure…
I used to have to do food deliveries in a van this way. Just thinking about this still elevates my heart rate.