Google Maps is finally getting the ability to enter vehicle size to avoid low bridges — but with a few pretty major restrictions.
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.
