GPS directs Japanese tourists into ocean. The GPS said drive into the ocean… so they did. When the car stopped moving, the GPS offered no suggestions.
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
GPS directs Japanese tourists into ocean
GPS directs Japanese tourists into ocean. The GPS said drive into the ocean… so they did. When the car stopped moving, the GPS offered no suggestions.
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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Was it an ATMOS? Because then this story would make sence.
GPS is a tool, but it shouldn't be the only tool to use nor should it be trusted completely. Just like mapquest, mapquest is also very incomplete but it is a good tool to have. People need to start thinking for themselves, what happene before we had all this technology? It is amazing that tech is making people stupid on common sense.
The GPS companies seem to have fairly good software. You want to go around in circles or miles out of your way use Google Navigation on a smart phone.
I'm driving on Park Blvd. in San Diego, following the directions on the Garmin GPS to a taco truck on University Ave. It tells me to turn right on El Cajon Blvd. But to do that, I had to drive right past University Ave. No, I think I'll turn right on University. The whole time I was driving in a straight line towards the taco truck, the Garmin was continuously recalculating, each time telling me to turn left to go up to El Cajon, so I could double back to University at another intersection. When I pulled up at the taco truck, it informed me that I was there.
Geez, I grew up in the age before cheap electronic calculators, so when I started using them, I would check their answers manually. I still do a reality check on them - if I multiply a two digit number by a two digit number, I expect a four digit answer, not a seven digit one (for example.) My wife teaches in high school and says today's kids will blithely write down any answer the box gives - 20% of 15 is 300? Sure, the calculator says so. BTW, I once had one that added 2 plus 2 and answered 3.99.
What Reagan said about the Soviets applies to technology, including GPS: Trust, but verify. The GPS doesn't care if it sends you into the water - YOU'RE the one who's gonna have to pay to have the car towed.
"BTW, I once had one that added 2 plus 2 and answered 3.99."
That particular calculator must have been designed by Oblivia.
Lol you got that right
You didn't have it set to round up.
A clear cut case of DWO...Driving while Oriental.
My buddy that was a cop in Westminster, CA, otherwise known as Little Saigon, called it "Driving HUA." Head Up somewhere, I forget what it was.
To paraphrase ruben above , Obama says " To have a better life in this country we need to go down the path of killing the fireman , not the fire .
We need to go deeper in debt than what we make in a year . We need to continue to provide and fund pensions that will bankrupt our local governments , to make a better future . We need to borrow from our enemies , to make a beter future . We need to continue to kill off our babies , so as to maintain near 0 population growth , among whites. We need to return to the stone age in our lifestyles , to move forward .
Yes , we are being asked to do as a nation , what would easily destroy a family budget and home . The path of this madness can most easily be summed up in the folowing statement .--- " If you love me , you wil let me lie to you and believe it ."
And japan is anead of US in educatiom
"...At the first available opportunity, make a 'U' turn..."
How long do you think the blinker was on before the power went out?
I'm guessing the repairs will cost a lot of clams.
For those of us who have used these, especially in familiar areas, you come to realize the technology is flawed. Many times it would try and send me another mile and a half out of my way when my shorter route was perfectly legitimate. Or choose to send me another five miles north to connect to the same interstate (fastest route) as opposed to choosing the obvious right turn that gets me to the interstate in a less than a mile.
No, they're not all that bright. When I'm coming home on I-8, it takes me past my offramp to the next one. Get off there, circle around back onto the freeway, to the correct ramp. Then it tells me to take a right turn halfway down the ramp. If I don't, (and I don't, the slope is awfully steep), then it recalculates and tells me to get back on the freeway and circle around again.