In my case, it’s dangerous because I’m suddenly distracted from the road by trying to figure out where I’m supposed to be going in the immediate moment. I’m on the spectrum, and on-the-fly changes of plan spike my anxiety - nothing I can do about that except work around it. That isn’t a personal fault, I’m keeping myself and other people safer on the road.
So I’m gonna keep using the GPS even when I know where I’m going, that way if I realise I’m gonna miss my exit I don’t panic and instead can keep going with the confidence that the GPS will re-route me and I’ll have time to be in the correct lane for the next one.
That’s fair enough, if you know it affects you that way and you have a mitigation that’s very sensible. I’d just emphasise that it doesn’t affect everyone the same way, but you probably realise that
I do, and I appreciate your recognition of that. Nowhere in my post did I say this is everyone’s experience, but it is mine, and a lot of people here seem to have a problem with it.
In my case, it’s dangerous because I’m suddenly distracted from the road by trying to figure out where I’m supposed to be going in the immediate moment. I’m on the spectrum, and on-the-fly changes of plan spike my anxiety - nothing I can do about that except work around it. That isn’t a personal fault, I’m keeping myself and other people safer on the road.
So I’m gonna keep using the GPS even when I know where I’m going, that way if I realise I’m gonna miss my exit I don’t panic and instead can keep going with the confidence that the GPS will re-route me and I’ll have time to be in the correct lane for the next one.
That’s fair enough, if you know it affects you that way and you have a mitigation that’s very sensible. I’d just emphasise that it doesn’t affect everyone the same way, but you probably realise that
I do, and I appreciate your recognition of that. Nowhere in my post did I say this is everyone’s experience, but it is mine, and a lot of people here seem to have a problem with it.