patrick66
Old Man with a Hat
I was watching a YT video the other day where it showed the morons out there who follow the GPS, even it is obviously (and sometime dangerously!) wrong! This semi-driver was headed off across the desert on a really sketchy road and got stuck miles from the Interstate. He was up to the front axle in sand. The tow driver arrives, where the semi driver told him ""Look, here is where the GPS said I needed to go!", when the tow operator said "Don't they have common sense in your country?"...In what was probably a $5K recovery bill, he got back on the gravel road and aimed back towards the freeway.
Another one showed a couple on vacation that turned their rental Tahoe down a boat ramp into a lake..."but the GPS said there was a road here!"...so you are gonna believe a GPS voice in your head that says "yup, there's a road, right?" versus the other voice in your head that says "STOP! There is no road here!"
People have become so used to the marvels of GPS that they don't actually engage their brains and think "OK, this ain't right!"
My sons and I were returning from Denver one time, when there was construction on the highway in southwestern Kansas that required a detour. We went on a route I normally don't take for this trip, but I knew the route well. I haven't used a map in my drives in OK, KS, and CO in a long time, because I am very familiar with highways and back roads in these states. I told my younger son that I needed to know how far the town of Hugoton, KS was from our location (no GPS), so he grabs the map and thinks "OK, easy enough" and finds it quickly. Then, I asked him to confirm that we needed Highway 51 to go East from there. He looks, confirms, and asks "How do you know this? You didn't even look at the map at all!" I smiled.
I personally like paper maps for long road trips. I've been a fan of maps and charts ever since I was in second grade. It's neat to just look at a map and see where places are. The GPS is only as accurate as whatever is loaded in your vehicle, and when it was last updated. And a paper map can become outdated, as well.
Any fun experiences with GPS, paper maps, or just "aim and drive"???
Another one showed a couple on vacation that turned their rental Tahoe down a boat ramp into a lake..."but the GPS said there was a road here!"...so you are gonna believe a GPS voice in your head that says "yup, there's a road, right?" versus the other voice in your head that says "STOP! There is no road here!"
People have become so used to the marvels of GPS that they don't actually engage their brains and think "OK, this ain't right!"
My sons and I were returning from Denver one time, when there was construction on the highway in southwestern Kansas that required a detour. We went on a route I normally don't take for this trip, but I knew the route well. I haven't used a map in my drives in OK, KS, and CO in a long time, because I am very familiar with highways and back roads in these states. I told my younger son that I needed to know how far the town of Hugoton, KS was from our location (no GPS), so he grabs the map and thinks "OK, easy enough" and finds it quickly. Then, I asked him to confirm that we needed Highway 51 to go East from there. He looks, confirms, and asks "How do you know this? You didn't even look at the map at all!" I smiled.
I personally like paper maps for long road trips. I've been a fan of maps and charts ever since I was in second grade. It's neat to just look at a map and see where places are. The GPS is only as accurate as whatever is loaded in your vehicle, and when it was last updated. And a paper map can become outdated, as well.
Any fun experiences with GPS, paper maps, or just "aim and drive"???