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wouldn't an audio cue be superior?
Via headphones? Not in traffic, ideally. Sounds dangerous
or it can be much louder and mounted to the bike.
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There are three issues I have with audio queues: - it's an unexpected mental context switch - if I'm concentrating on anything else, it takes a moment to switch to interpreting directions, sometimes enough to miss information - if the traffic is not smooth, the distance becomes harder to judge - the turn is in 2km, but I did two stops, so how far is it now? - "third left" becomes vague if you've passed a left while t…
hang on. we're talking about on a bicycle. - a HUD visual would have the same context switch - distances would be in half-blocks. - a repeat direction button on the handlebar (or vox) would be easy
I disagree. With visual I can choose to look at the directions whenever I want to whereas an audio cue comes out of no where and is distracting to me. I can filter out my phone in my car showing directions and look over at the phone mount whenever I need to but I always turn of audio cues because they drive me crazy when they interrupt what I’m thinking about and/or listening to.