GPS fail

[Rhoadmar]

https://gma.yahoo.com/driver-report...-park-gps-195023095--abc-news-topstories.html
I'm always telling my kids not to depend too much on technology. They seem to get lost or misdirected more often than not. Good verbal directions or a map and knowing N,S,E,W are all I've needed.

 

[Alamo]

I have read many of these stories where people end up some place they shouldn't. Haven't seen a single one that should qualify as GPS fail.... Maybe when we go to fully autonomous cars and people aren't allowed to actually drive them any more, you might have a widget fail.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Too many of these people turn on the GPS and take the opportunity to turn off the brain. Just do what they're told. I wonder who this guy voted for.

 

[Rhoadmar]

I have read many of these stories where people end up some place they shouldn't. Haven't seen a single one that should qualify as GPS fail.... Maybe when we go to fully autonomous cars and people aren't allowed to actually drive them any more, you might have a widget fail.

My BiL who travels anywhere between the east coast and the Mississippi uses his GPS sparingly due to many misdirection's or being routed far longer than is necessary. They have their place and use but I wouldn't depend on them.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I saw this story yesterday and thought to myself, "Did he just put on a blindfold and listen to what the voice in the GPS told him to do?" I mean seriously, if you can't tell a foot bridge from a highway, you might want to consider that truck driving isn't for you...