re: Why are people so bad at maps and geography?

If I'm driving landmarks, streets, places eligible for piss stops, potential shortcuts, what type of 18 wheelers are using that road, any bodies of water, hunting stands in the distance, which overpasses have exits, and of course cheapest gas all gets etched into memory.

If I'm the passenger I may as well have been abducted by aliens and I don't remember shite about anything between point A and point B