My daughter is a fairly new driver, and there is an intersection in her college town that is so bad it gets meme’d about being dangerous and causing anxiety in drivers.
She said every time she uses navigation and it wants to take her through there she starts to panic. So I am wondering if it is possible to create a rule in maps and add a no go zone there for her.
I’m divided on this. I love driving and always volunteer to be the one who drives; I’ve never been in an accident and I can retain some control of the vehicle on snow/ice in tricky areas.
But I too avoid some intersections, either because I’d rather take a slower route where my car keeps moving, its not very safe, or I don’t want to make a left turn at a two way stop crossing six lanes of traffic (I’d rather go around the block to a stop light and turn left there).
I suppose it all depends on context.
I hear your argument, and I agree to it. For new drivers it should also become common sense to plan your route save and thus comfortable.
But OP specifically mentioned his daughter experiences anxiety. That pushes it into a different category if it was not meant metaphorically.