I am genetally great with directions, right down to knowing north, south, east, wedt. But if I'm not driving all bets are off. While i am a great Navigator in the right seat, I never seem to get my bearing while telling the driver where to go.
There are certaim cities that i have visited often, dtiven through many times that I don't know well. For some reason, even if I'm the Driver I can't map it out in my head. It makes me crazy! I study the maps and GPS and still, I am the U-Turn Queen.
I have a friend whom I often travel with. She always drives while I navigate. I found out the hard way that she cant read a map. We were heading somewhere in an unfamiliar city once. She was looking at the map upsidedown! She's very smart otherwise.It's just something she never grasped, I guess?