Google recently launched a localized version of Google Maps for Malaysia. One of the features that I was curious to test is the "Avoid toll" function in "Get Directions".
To test how much Google knows about our highway tolls, read the test result below:
Test: From Subang Jaya to Bandar Puteri, Puchong, Selangor
Results:
Google's direction
My expirence:
To get to almost any part in Puchong, most will think that it is hard to by pass any of the tolls regardless of tolls from either direction of the Damansara-Puchong Highway (Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong/LDP). For this specific direction, Google missed the U-turn near the West Puchong Toll Booth. Supposedly that U-turn was done by the request of the residents near that area. However this road is longer and takes more twists and turns to get there.
Opinion:
Maybe to the map suppliers, the U-turn may looks like an illegal one and that's why it was not taken into account into their maps. The second theory I have is that maybe the LDP people (especially the "ones") did not want this to be mapped. Hmmm... After all, there is a disclaimer saying they might not be accurate.
Overall I have a feeling this might get better any time soon.
I may test again from time to time on certain roads to avoid "contributing" to cronies.
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