How is it better than Waze which belongs to google for a long time?
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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This looks pretty cool. As someone who moved to a new state it's difficult knowing exactly where an exit or turn may be or if there's a NJ left in there somewhere before or after the destination. This should also help out gig drivers who may be constantly going to new locations.
What exactly is an nj left? I live in nj and I know we have some strange traffic patterns compared to other states but I've never heard the term before.
There are 3 types of jughandle turns according to the NJDOT (New Jersey Department of Transportation) :
• Type A—Forward Ramp • Type B—U-Turn Ramp • Type C—Reverse Ramp
The rationale behind New Jersey’s embrace of jughandles lies in their ability to enhance traffic flow, mitigate congestion, and improve safety.
Here is a video that should show you how traffic is designed to flow.
A New Jersey left is where a driver needs to make a left at a normally light controlled intersection. But instead of a left turn lane they're required to go through the intersection and take a right hand turn so they can loop back onto the cross street and pass through the intersection. I grew up in northern NJ knowing them as Jug Handles.
It was justified as a traffic control tactic that removes the wait cycle for left turns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jughandle
The article also says you can exit before the intersection to make a left on the side street before the light and then go through but I'm less familiar with that design. It requires you to make a left through waiting traffic which seems much harder to accomplish.
Oh yeah jug handles. I grew up and live in south NJ and that's what I know them as.
I just moved to the east coast 2 years ago and have only heard New Jersey left on videos but the Wikipedia entry says 'Jughandle Turn'. When a left turn isn't on the left side of the current road and is on a separate slip road for all turns. Seen 1 or 2 in NC but mostly NC has a lot of UTurn only left turns which I hadn't interacted with much out West so get confused to turn or Uturn or where exactly to go.
This is what I've been wanting for so long. The current visuals can make it hard to tell what lane/turn to take when the roadways get a bit complicated. Visual of the road too small while the line showing your route is too big.
Yea this looks pretty good, might make me switch back from Waze. It's gonna make all those complex roads with multiple different lanes and complex turns a lot easier.
Someone at Google forgot that navigation relies on your attention being on the road, not on your device.
No shit, this seems like a horrible idea for using while driving. I can maybe see it for trip planning, but on the road, you shouldn't need to look at the screen at all
Right? Like I hate when it has that timed reroute popup, like bro I'm using you as backup to make sure I don't miss a turn, don't change the route on me
it doesn't reroute you without your consent. Did I miss anything?
I'm referring to an older thing where it would try to reroute to a "faster"/more fuel efficient route. Idk if it still does it, if I found a way to disable it, or if they disabled it
can you elaborate? How is this worse than the current one?
Use comaps
Google Maps hasn't added a feature I care about for years. And this feature looks to make navigation harder.