Google Maps is finally getting tools to avoid low bridges

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• Google Maps built-in on select vehicles will now be able to compute trailer-friendly routes.
• The 2024 Chevy Tahoe, Chevy Suburban, and GMC Yukon can enter trailer size and weight when planning trips.
• While support will extend to additional vehicles, it’s unclear if this option is coming to Maps on phones.

Google Maps is fantastic at getting you where you want to go, and works so well in regular cases that we rarely give its routing a second thought. But not everyone’s case is a regular one, and what are you supposed to do if the vehicle you’re behind the wheel of has some kind of special restriction that might prevent it from traveling on just any road? Right now, Maps isn’t well equipped to handle that, and if you head out in an extra-tall or extra-long vehicle without doing your due diligence first, you could end up having a bad time, to put it mildly. Thankfully, change is finally happening, and Maps is beginning to pick up new tools for handling routes for larger vehicles.

Ahead of this season’s holiday travels, Google is announcing a trailer-friendly routing option for Google Maps built-in on select vehicles. Drivers will be able to enter the length, width, height, and weight of the loads, and be able to drive confidently, knowing that Maps isn’t about to steer them towards a bridge or a tunnel that’s going to be too small to fit through.




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