I had a GPS once that kept telling me to go into downtown Oakland. No Way Jose.
At least you know better. Those from out of the area probably would not. The article goes into more examples, albeit not from an urban environment.
East Side San Jose and East Palo Alto are every bit as bad, I believe, although some would argue as to which is the greater threat. Would not wish to be the one to learn the difference.
There are no Jose’s in downtown Oakland...
“I had a GPS once that kept telling me to go into downtown Oakland. No Way Jose.”
Mine finds all kinds of weird ways to go, but it hasn’t actually tried to kill me yet.
A GPS doesn’t compensate for a complete lack of common sense, and it always pays to have a backup. Any adult should be able to tell what direction they are going, day or night, if it’s not cloudy and they know approximately what time and season it is.
An analogy would be that even if you have a calculator, it’s good to be able to at least have an idea of the magnitude of a result, in case you fat-fingered the numbers.