Monday 2 August 2010

Clueless Family Gets Stranded Following GPS Directions And Lives To Tell About It!

     Ok, so my headline is a little different from the one in The Age but it probably highlights the more important part of the story.  Anybody that blindly follows GPS directions rather than real signs and local knowledge is asking for trouble.  GPS maps tend to be updated at _most_ once per year.  Roads, and gravel/dirt roads in particular, can change wildly over the course of a single week.
     I love taking shortcuts that my GPS highlights, but it boggles my mind that there's people who trust them over signage clearly stating "Don't Come This Way!"

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