It normally shows three choices. Even if one is significantly slower it still tends to show it.
I just did Birmingham to Newcastle and got similar results. About 3 1/2 hours by the M42 and A1, another route that detours into Sheffield and Leeds but is only slightly slower, but then a route via the M6 to Carlisle and A69 that’s more like 4 1/2 hours.
If for whatever reason you wanted to avoid that section of I45, or I wanted to avoid the A1, those routes are offered.
It normally shows three choices. Even if one is significantly slower it still tends to show it.
I just did Birmingham to Newcastle and got similar results. About 3 1/2 hours by the M42 and A1, another route that detours into Sheffield and Leeds but is only slightly slower, but then a route via the M6 to Carlisle and A69 that’s more like 4 1/2 hours.
If for whatever reason you wanted to avoid that section of I45, or I wanted to avoid the A1, those routes are offered.