Hi Anonymouse! You hit the nail on the head. Having a "Depart at hh:mm" function instead of just a flat "pause duration" would be an incredible quality-of-life upgrade.
When we are on a multi-day trip, the overnight hotel stop is exactly as you described: it doesn't really matter if we arrived at 17:00 or 18:30 the day before. What matters for the route timeline is that kickstands are up and we are rolling out exactly at 08:30 the next morning. A fixed departure time setting would solve that perfectly without breaking the continuous route calculation.
Your point about the running total of driving hours is spot on, too. Even for those of us who prefer to manually pick our coffee spots and lunch breaks, having a clear metric showing pure saddle time between points—or a running daily total—would eliminate all the mental math.
Whether the developers give us a full automated wizard or start with these highly practical UI tweaks like you suggested, it would be a massive win for all of us planning long-haul tours. Great ideas!