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Do people really expect the GPS to have to say "when traffic is clear ..." before each instruction it gives?
I'm sorry for this family, but it's not the GPS' fault. There is some level of common sense that has to come into play. You don't break traffic laws, and you proceed when it's safe to do so.
Some people must expect this
I just saw a blow up plastic beach ball that had one complete panel covered with warnings in 6 languages.
Everything from "This ball can burst" to "Do not use as life preserver"
What's this world coming to? Maybe Burned themself with scalding coffee
I have driven in England and Australia quite a bit, and it was very disorienting to drive on the opposite side of the road from what I was used to, with a car that had the controls, including the stick-shift on the opposite side. I’m sure that it would be just as disorienting for someone from England to drive here. Then, throw in the difference in road structure (Brits use roundabouts), and the very heavy traffic in tourist areas of the USA.
I don’t ever rely on GPS. I was once guided to a large retaining wall where a street and businesses were supposed to be.
At any rate, this is sad news, a family on holiday, just wiped out.
I have driven in England and Australia quite a bit, and it was very disorienting to drive on the opposite side of the road from what I was used to, with a car that had the controls, including the stick-shift on the opposite side. I’m sure that it would be just as disorienting for someone from England to drive here. Then, throw in the difference in road structure (Brits use roundabouts), and the very heavy traffic in tourist areas of the USA.
I don’t ever rely on GPS. I was once guided to a large retaining wall where a street and businesses were supposed to be.
At any rate, this is sad news, a family on holiday, just wiped out.
And on top of all that, we don't use international road signs like they have in Europe & the UK. But at least there wasn't much of a language barrier.
No chance pulling out in front of a pickup as they have horrific avoidance ability. Very sad story of course. Maybe it just couldn't be avoided even if the driver was driving a good car. Pickups are crazy dangerous.
Could you share an example because this sounds good?
Going thru an area in Raleigh where there are parking lots next to the road I have been directed back and forth from the through street to the parking lots in order to get the shortest route.
Going south on I 95 past Fayetteville there are multiple I-95 on and off ramp roadways and my Google GPS will switch us from one to another due to a shorter route. I know these spots and ignore directions from the ghost in the machine. I'm sure snowbirds have been distracted or even possibly wrecked there.
CBS this morning featured a shortcut in San Francisco included in Waze routing which is a narrow two way road, that is even steeper than the famed Lombard Street, a narrow one way down hill road full of tourists. This alternate route is the scene of a reported 4 accidents a day. Waze responded, "Hey, It's a public road. Tough it out."
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