Originally Posted By: javacontour
I guess I don't get the big deal about lane guidance. In most cases the signage telling you the exit is coming up will also tell you if it's left or right exit, even if it doesn't say left exit or right exit.
How?
If it's a left exit, the exit number will be at the top of the sign on the LHS.
Otherwise, the exit number will be at the top on the RHS.
So if you know to look at the EXIT N sign at the top and check it's orientation, that will tell you which side of the highway is the exit.
Check it out.
There may be exceptions. But in most cases, if it says Exit 27 on the RHS, it's a Right Hand exit. If it says Exit 27 on the LHS of the sign, it's a left hand exit.
No need for some fancy GPS, just read the signs.
Hmmm.. this might be true in some instances. I know I've seen the arrangement of the overhead signs mean different things in different circumstances.
I'm just of the opinion that it's easier to glance at the GPS to see what lane to be in. Partcularly in bigger cities when you're not too familiar exactly where you're going while at the same time dealing w/ congestion, 5 lanes of traffic, toll booths, merging vehicles, etc.
Seeing as you're from IL, I'll give an example that always gets me. Driving S on 294 near O'Hare. I may only go through this area 2-3 times a year, usually different destinations. Sometimes I'm going to ORD, sometimes driving through to IN, other times need to catch I-? to downtown. The area's a mess with multiple interchanges spaced closely together. Fifty brazillion signs everywhere. I've missed exits from being stuck in the wrong lane there and since the whole [censored] thing is constantly under construction you can never just turn back around.
It's worth it to me, and I don't even think the models that have it cost much more. So why not?
