GPS Stupidity

[Rucker61]

Oh, you said Prius. Sorry.

Well played, sir.

[Gman]

Don't learn how to read a map. Just listen to the little voice on the fondleslab. WINNING!

[Irving]

When you guys shift your truck into drive in the morning, do you put on the parking break, get out, climb under the truck and verify that the truck is actually in drive, or do you just trust the machine that almost never lets you down?

[Gman]

I work with computers for a living. I don't give in to letting a computer handle the basics and overriding my common sense.

Anybody with a brain would know that driving into a field on a single lane dirt road is not what these apps are meant to do.

Besides, putting a vehicle in Drive and getting out of it is always a bad idea.

[Irving]

I was once trying to go from Wiggins, CO to Stratton, CO. It's mostly dirt roads. There was a big mud puddle that I thought I'd get stuck in, so I went back the way I came and added an extra hour to my drive and was late for my appointment. That part of the country looks exactly like just East of DIA. Realistically, one should never have to take a dirt road to an international airport in the United States. I suspect that most people got into that situation because they say 99 other vehicles doing the same thing and assumed it was going to be okay.

Have you ever followed a line of cars through a detour route rather than actually navigating by the signs because you knew that everyone else was going the same way you were?

[Gman]

No.

Then again, I'm not a fan of 'herd mentality'. Logic and rational thought are personal character flaws.

[Irving]

That's actually pretty funny.

[CS1983]

...and not one lifted Wrangler with a winch was out there to help them. tsk tsk.

They were probably all gathered in a parking lot talking about off-roading and vehicle recovery.

[.455_Hunter]

I understand following the Google suggested detour. Makes sense.

I understand following other cars doing the same thing. Makes sense.

I DO NOT understand following the car in front of you into a mud hole or water filled trench. Does NOT make sense.

No critical thinking skills to determine when the plan has gone off the rails- "Keep driving Honey, the GPS says this is where we need to go."

[Irving]

When we trudged our way through a blizzard going over the pass coming back from Moab in April, one of the, many, vehicles just stopped in a lane of travel and holding up traffic, was a Rubicon on 35"s.