Too funny, reminds me of the episode of "The Office" when Michael Scott drove into the lake blindly following the GPS.......
Early mid-week shocker: research says we are overly reliant on GPS
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Too funny, reminds me of the episode of "The Office" when Michael Scott drove into the lake blindly following the GPS.......
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I love how it takes you the wrong way on one way streets in Pittsburgh
You've seen this one right? Another GPS related crash.....
You've seen this one right? Another GPS related crash.....
He should have bought the one for oversized vehicles.
My GPS (Tomtom) and I have a love hate relationship. It loves to take me the wrong way and I hate it in almost every way.
In California, it once took me through and apartment building's parking lot to get to a Wal-Mart.
Another time it had me turn off a high-speed, 4 lane road and took my up a one-lane mountain road at 10 to 20 miles an hour to save 1/8 of a mile. It took me 20 minutes to save that 1/8 mile.
Once I was making one of my twice-a-year trips to Dallas; It told me to take an alternate rote to save 2 hours. I knew better, but tried it anyway; it took me an extra three hours to get there and there were no detours or anything like that!
I have tried every optimization setting it has and I still can't rely fully on that thing! I have found I always have to check the map before I listen to that soft, sweet, British, female voice when it says, "Turn right ahead... you can trust me, go ahead, turn..."
In California, it once took me through and apartment building's parking lot to get to a Wal-Mart.
Another time it had me turn off a high-speed, 4 lane road and took my up a one-lane mountain road at 10 to 20 miles an hour to save 1/8 of a mile. It took me 20 minutes to save that 1/8 mile.
Once I was making one of my twice-a-year trips to Dallas; It told me to take an alternate rote to save 2 hours. I knew better, but tried it anyway; it took me an extra three hours to get there and there were no detours or anything like that!
I have tried every optimization setting it has and I still can't rely fully on that thing! I have found I always have to check the map before I listen to that soft, sweet, British, female voice when it says, "Turn right ahead... you can trust me, go ahead, turn..."
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I adjusted mine to "Shortest Route". FK THAT!
It took me down a walk way path, then a narrow goat path along side a cliff. I made every single left and right thru a housing plan that would have been better just going straight.
I gaot home and changed it back. Now I use it but the voice is OFF!
It took me down a walk way path, then a narrow goat path along side a cliff. I made every single left and right thru a housing plan that would have been better just going straight.
I gaot home and changed it back. Now I use it but the voice is OFF!
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I honestly don't see why people need these things on a daily basis, but I know people that use them to go the grocery store.
I can understand the advantage of having one in a unfamiliar town, but using one to drive to Florida, when you have driven back and forth once or twice a year for 20+ years. I really don't get.
I can understand the advantage of having one in a unfamiliar town, but using one to drive to Florida, when you have driven back and forth once or twice a year for 20+ years. I really don't get.
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Probably like me on my trips to Dallas, just for the newness and novelty of it all. I had just gotten the GPS.
They sure do come in handy in a strange town. I go to California each year to visit a different wine region. Even if it takes me through an apartment parking lot, when I really need to find one, it's nice that it can lead me to the nearest Wal-mart.
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For one of my check rides, the FAA examiner ask for my gps and took the batterys out of it. Then handed it back to me and said "oh, it looks like the battery died" HeHeHe, I hope you know how to get us there.
Same thing happened on the way into the simulator at night with my flashlight. Believe me it is darn dark in a hanger with no lights. Even worse when you get in the sim with only a ground power available light and you have to power up by feel, and memory.
Same thing happened on the way into the simulator at night with my flashlight. Believe me it is darn dark in a hanger with no lights. Even worse when you get in the sim with only a ground power available light and you have to power up by feel, and memory.
