Why doesn't Google Maps (or Waze) offer 3 choices:
1. Fastest route
2. Shortest route
3. Safest route <-- this is the big one
The insurance companies would love it, and I'd love it. The data is out there... I've been asking this for over 10 years.
1. Fastest route
2. Shortest route
3. Safest route <-- this is the big one
The insurance companies would love it, and I'd love it. The data is out there... I've been asking this for over 10 years.
Possibly a similar situation if they claim they can tell one route is safer than another, but then don't give you the safer option?
I frequently take more complicated back roads to avoid areas like the above.
I think safest route is hard to define, especially given that the data is not dense and may not be relevant (e.g., an intersection had a lot of historical accidents so its technically unsafe based on data but it has been rebuilt recently and there has been no accident since so its currently safe).
Microsoft's attempt was branded as racist[0]. I don't think any of these companies are likely to touch this feature in the US. I did see an article about Waze doing this in Brazil in 2016, but not sure if that's still happening.
[0] https://www.npr.org/2012/01/25/145337346/this-app-was-made-f...