On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 5:25 PM Jack Burke <burke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, there *are* people out there who seem to blindly follow > instructions from their GPS navigation system and don't really do much > in the way of thinking.... > This is a point worth remembering. Every couple of years there's a story about somebody who drove his car up a goat track with nowhere to turn around because he blindly followed his GPS. Or who drove off a cliff, same reason. The newspapers usually conclude that this is a fault in the GPS software. I'd bet that in most (probably all) cases this is a fault in the operator. Many in-car GPS units have three modes of operation: shortest route, fastest route, and walking route. Guess which one of those three leads to being stuck up a goat track or driving off a cliff. PEBSWAG (steering wheel and GPS). People DO blindly assume the GPS is right. Even when reality appears to contradict it. So it's a good idea to ensure that the GPS is right. Especially when lane reversals are involved. -- Paul
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