Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[kphoger]

All highways numbered 15, because which roads would be named after him would depend on what the definition of 15 is.

That's awesome.  I mean, that's the worst possible answer.  But it's also awesome.

[pderocco]

24 AUG 2026

Take your pick:
{a}  What highway should be named after Bill Clinton, and why?
{b}  What highway should be named after Bill Cosby, and why?

I-69, since either like doing it.

Both participants have to be awake, which rules Cosby out.

[hotdogPi]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Residential streets and unpaved roads only.

[Max Rockatansky]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Residential streets and unpaved roads only.

Worst answers only please.

[Big John]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

avoid pedestrians

[kphoger]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid stoplights.  —  Oh, wait, that's the best answer.

Avoid cities.  —  Oh, wait, that's the second best answer.

Avoid cameras.  —  Man, I suck at this game.

[Mapmikey]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid all bridges longer than 20 feet.

[Max Rockatansky]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid all bridges longer than 20 feet.

Use ford crossings only

[kphoger]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

"evade police"

[1995hoo]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid roads with cutout route markers or state-named Interstate shields (this ensures you don't waste time slowing down or stopping to photograph such things).

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid all bridges longer than 20 feet.

Use ford crossings only

Would that mean I would have to rent a car to make such a trip? All three of our cars are Acuras.

[kphoger]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

avoid Mackinac Island

[JayhawkCO]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid left turns.

[1995hoo]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid left turns.

That's arguably a good answer. I read somewhere that UPS has a customized sat-nav system for its drivers that is programmed to find routes that minimize the number of left turns on arterial streets so as to reduce the amount of time spent waiting to turn left when possible.

[JayhawkCO]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid left turns.

That's arguably a good answer. I read somewhere that UPS has a customized sat-nav system for its drivers that is programmed to find routes that minimize the number of left turns on arterial streets so as to reduce the amount of time spent waiting to turn left when possible.

Fine, then I change my answer to "Avoid right turns".

Or "Maximize speed bumps"

[Mav94]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid roads I've already clinched.

[formulanone]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Avoid roads I've already clinched.

☑️ Prove N=NP

[kurumi]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

Trip progress should make a funny picture when completed (Icon is "𓂸")
Route numbers must monotonically increase (or decrease) (Icon is "𓊍")
No interstates designated after 1989 (Icon is I-41 with a red slash through it)
Use routes uphill, both ways (my grandfather's contribution) (Icon is Clint Eastwood)

[wanderer2575]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

No routes that violate The Grid.

[PColumbus73]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

"Avoid geese"

[kphoger]

Fine, then I change my answer to "Avoid right turns".

Now, there you go!

[kphoger]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

For the Transit options:

Worst route
Most transfers
More walking

[JayhawkCO]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

For the Transit options:

Worst route
Most transfers
More walking

Also for Transit:

Use Greyhound

[kphoger]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

avoid roads

[JayhawkCO]

August 25, 2026: Google Maps has the options "avoid tolls", "avoid highways", and "use the least fuel". What else should be an option?

avoid roads