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My best guess is it's a busy road so it's dangerous and not really meant for bicycle and walking. I've done 13 miles yesterday to get a comic book on a bike and this right here is the distance between my house and a friend's house I told I can come on bike because what I just did gave me a feeling I could do it but my ass hurts so not right now. But yeah I want to see how this would play out. Before I would walk but I took a bike to a comic book store because it would've closed if I walk and I ended up getting there in time. Took longer than expected something that should've been an hour probably took 2 or 3 hours. So yeah I can do half of that for sure.

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[โ€“] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 74 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've seen that same warning for walking. I think it's just Google saying "good luck with that; we're not legally responsible". I think those warnings have shown up more since cars would follow the GPS with zero common sense and drive into a lake or something.

[โ€“] 200ok@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Good point. It does read like a liability disclaimer.

I've noticed that Google doesn't always get the speed limit correct on more rural roads.

Or it can't tell if a temporary, lowered speed sign has been posted in a construction zone, for example.

[โ€“] ghashul@feddit.dk 3 points 2 months ago

Or as I've seen when they have got the lowered speed because of roadworks, but then keep the low speed after everything is finished. No, I think I can drive faster than 50kmh on the motorway.

[โ€“] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

I encountered a couple of highways recently in Illinois recently where they clearly set the speed limit to the highway number (highways 30 and 40 by memory)

[โ€“] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Dwight did try to warn himโ€ฆ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

[โ€“] eatham@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The warning makes sense when you consider gmaps randomly tells you to ride into the traffic on major highways.

[โ€“] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

I've never had that one happen and, until recently, that was the only navigational aid I had. It's still the only one I use on my motorbike.