Posted on 04/05/2015 5:28:43 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
We were coming back from north of the Sacramento River last night, stopping off at a party at a house we’d never been to.
The GPS did a great job of getting off Interstate 80 and then about three miles into the sticks heading east on the main road, then up some side streets. On the way back we came to the main road again, and Mrs. Flash turned left, that is, East, because the GPS told her to. I said to her we drove three miles east from the interstate to get here, we should turn right and drive three miles west to get back.
I was overruled by the GPS. Except after about a mile, the
well lighted road with sporadic houses and a shoulder turned into a dark road with no houses and no shoulder. Then we were told to turn onto some road I’d never even heard of, leading to G_d knows where. I told Mrs. Flash “It’s taking us through the woods. You are going to be driving all the way back home in the dark through the woods”.
At that point she turned around and we were back to the interstate in about fifteen minutes, then it was clear sailing home. GPS is no substitute for using your brain.
Yes we are.
And can tie our non-Velcro shoes and tell time on a clock that isn’t digital.
Can we assume you missed this part of the article?
“The Cline Avenue bridge is marked with numerous barricades including orange barrels and cones, large wood signs stating ROAD CLOSED with orange striped markings,” Lake County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Patricia Van Til said. “There are concrete barricades across the road to further indicate the road is closed.”
We’re doomed.
And write in cursive.
Ugh!
I used navteq map reporter to let them know that it was physically impossible for five warehouses to be at my truck exit.
They informed me that: “our field tech has driven the directions and verified them correct.”
So their field tech is on record stating he saw home depot, do it best, ups, storm king, and cardinal health all at the same location..
..I want the meds he was on.
They further claimed their database for the area was 100% correct, no changes were needed.
Maybe.
Map and a dime for a payphone used to be enough.
Coming soon to a self driving car near you.
Yeah.
And recall how some insulted us for opposing self driving cars.
Sheesh.
The author managed to place blame on the previous Republican Governor.
East? West? You pay attention to these imaginary concepts in your head when driving, instead of hearing voices?
If we ever put humans on Mars, I have the feeling that it will come about by accident, because someone has been listening to GPS instructions.
I used it, and got the location of my local police station corrected.
Haha! I thought about that as well. Were the passenger-side air bags disabled? ;-)
The stupid...it burns!
Honor Killing?
The map and Street View seem to imply that the road will be re-opened at some later time. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like that is the case.
Wonder what their malfunction is in my area.
“Can we assume you missed this part of the article?”
I read that but can’t understand how they found a way to get around the barriers even if they were clueless and the GPS said to go there.
When barriers are properly installed you do not drive around them unless you are at the controls of a M1A... Abrams tank. They were not properly installed or these people would not have been able to go around.
According to another article I read, they drove through the big orange barrels and the wooden barricades, just knocking them out of the way.
Don’t know about the concrete barriers. They may have been able to drive around them.
Remember, just as soon as you make something idiot-proof, along comes a better idiot.
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