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mitch96

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13. All these GPS stories just reminded me of a incident on a stormy road in Utah years ago

Reply to doc03 (Reply #11)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 09:26 PM

Oct 2022

We were riding out bikes heading to a town. It was a real gully washer of a storm and the GPS said to make a right... Right? it was a rickety old wooden bridge that went to a dirt muddy road. Well the GPS must be right, right?
We went really slow over the bridge and when we got over the bridge onto the muddy road the fricken gps said "make U turn".. Grrrrrrr I learned to not trust the GPS every time.
If it looks sketchy don't do it..
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GPS directed NC man to his death..over destroyed bridge on dark, rainy night. Barriers removed [View all] Demovictory9 Oct 2022 OP

Following GPS uncritically is not smart, but GPS isn't the real bad guy here. Girard442 Oct 2022 #1

Bridge been down for ten years...dept of public safety should have put permanent barriers Demovictory9 Oct 2022 #3

Yes, this should have had barriers. It could have happened to anyone at night. LeftInTX Oct 2022 #5

I'd be curious to see how a full self-driving vehicle would handle this hazard nt Shermann Oct 2022 #2

They would know to stop at least 20-50 feet before the hazard Polybius Oct 2022 #7

My GPS lead me to a Social Security office when I was trying to find a residence LeftInTX Oct 2022 #4

Maybe it thought you should sign up for SS doc03 Oct 2022 #8

My GPS was showing me a route that visibly looked like a cliff. There was another car starting up ColinC Oct 2022 #6

Wow 48656c6c6f20 Oct 2022 #9

So the property owners will be responsible. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2022 #16

I followed GPS to a road that became little more than a goat path EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #10

My GPS told me to turn right onto a road that ran into a canal in Florida. There was a steel doc03 Oct 2022 #11

All these GPS stories just reminded me of a incident on a stormy road in Utah years ago mitch96 Oct 2022 #13

Why The Fuck Weren't There Barriers Still In Place? nt SoCalDavidS Oct 2022 #12

I was in Hiclory today for a haircut. ms liberty Oct 2022 #14

I live in downtown Hickory... aquaman Oct 2022 #17

Small world!!! Watch out for this bridge! Demovictory9 Oct 2022 #18

If it was destroyed a decade ago, there should have been a more permant blockage. TheBlackAdder Oct 2022 #15

..or repair the damn bridge. Demovictory9 Oct 2022 #19

Most normal states, with a proper tax structure do this. It seems to be a county failure. TheBlackAdder Oct 2022 #21

There was an episode of the Office Johnny2X2X Oct 2022 #20