UK Idiot Follows GPS Instructions to Top of Cliff... [Archive]

LeeNetworX

09-23-2009, 08:24 AM

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/151282/driver-takes-gps-to-top-of-cliffand-nearly-over/

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MikeSP1

09-23-2009, 08:53 AM

I don't have a problem saying that GPS does help and is an aid in navigation. Hell I work on GPS systems on a daily basis, but come on people, am I the only person alive that still uses paper maps? You drove up a horse trail in an expensive ass BMW and didn't even contemplate that something wasn't right? :wtfru:And then this dude doesn't apologize for being a complete retard and causing a lot of people extra work.

z06boy

09-23-2009, 09:09 AM

What a dumbazz. I love having a GPS like on my recent trip to San Francisco and the surrounding areas BUT come on...it's still just a machine and can malfunction or have misinformation.

Glad I didn't drive into the SF Bay while I was there. :lol:

I like having a paper map for backup as well.

Dave

09-23-2009, 09:10 AM

I don't have a problem saying that GPS does help and is an aid in navigation. Hell I work on GPS systems on a daily basis, but come on people, am I the only person alive that still uses paper maps? You drove up a horse trail in an expensive ass BMW and didn't even contemplate that something wasn't right? :wtfru:And then this dude doesn't apologize for being a complete retard and causing a lot of people extra work.

i use funny papers and a compass whenever possible

MikeSP1

09-23-2009, 10:24 AM

i use funny papers and a compass whenever possible

Cool, at least I'm not the only one. I've got an atlas in my glove box and a mini whiskey compass on my windshield in kanji.

karl_1052

09-23-2009, 12:17 PM

I have never even used a GPS in my life. That is what google maps is for.

LeeNetworX

09-23-2009, 12:33 PM

I have never even used a GPS in my life. That is what google maps is for.

We have been using GPS receivers after moving here and they've been of great help. When you are learning your way around a new area and the surrounding cities/states, it's a great tool. Very useful when you need to make an unplanned drive to somewhere unfamiliar.

CasterTroy

09-23-2009, 12:41 PM

I have never even used a GPS in my life. That is what google maps is for.

I was the same way until I got one for the K1200S

Holy crap what a difference it makes when touring! I actually found the flight 93 memorial thanks to that thing.

After I sold the KS (with the GPS) I was lost (pardon the pun) and intended to buy another Garmin, but mom ended up getting me a tomtom for Christmas 07 and so I mounted that in the car....then I got the RT with one mounted already on it.

It's really a great tool, but like with any tool, you have to assume it can't do everything, and I print overall maps from googlemaps when I take a trip JUST IN CASE.

But they're life savers when there's a traffic jam and you need to avoid the next 5 miles of hiway

Dave

09-23-2009, 01:16 PM

Cool, at least I'm not the only one. I've got an atlas in my glove box and a mini whiskey compass on my windshield in kanji.

my folks got me a HD ride atlas a few years back which is perfect. Saddlebag sized, good details and has the state to state particulars of motorcycle law. Were i to resort to google maps i'll snap a picture of it on my cellphone. Hate printouts

derf

09-23-2009, 01:30 PM

i use funny papers and a compass whenever possible

Yeh I use one of those once in a while too, but I also have a GPS for my bike, and I can sorta sypathize with how the guy got in his predicament. I have in the past just set it to most direct route, and it will take me on small ass dirt roads, but I'm also looking for that kind of stuff. Anyway the guy effed up and he is a dumbass

Flexin

09-26-2009, 01:03 PM

I don't have a problem saying that GPS does help and is an aid in navigation. Hell I work on GPS systems on a daily basis, but come on people, am I the only person alive that still uses paper maps? You drove up a horse trail in an expensive ass BMW and didn't even contemplate that something wasn't right? :wtfru:And then this dude doesn't apologize for being a complete retard and causing a lot of people extra work.

If they can be screwed up by GPS I think they would be fucked with paper. You can screw up with both if you don't know what you are doing. One thing that works really well riding/driving is to look out the window. If there isn't a road where the gps is telling you to go then it might be wrong. If you don't have a road where a map is telling you that there is one, then maybe you have the map upside down or your looking at the wrong spot on the map.

Some people are just stupid. I have done fine without GPS and without maps at times but I would like to have a GPS to help out every now and then.

James

Tmall

09-26-2009, 03:29 PM

My blackberry has google maps and a gps. I ask for directions and it draws em out on the map.

It's a great feature that I use quite often.

101lifts2

09-26-2009, 09:54 PM

Onstar Map and Directions FTW!

karl_1052

09-27-2009, 04:29 PM

Onstar Map and Directions FTW!

$30/month onstar fees FTL

Smittie61984

09-27-2009, 09:59 PM

On my way to work everyday I see some fucker who has his GPS on everyday.

I suck at many things in life. One thing I do not suck at is directions because I have an insane sense of direction. Because of that, even with GPS I still get friends calling me trying to find something since their GPS will fail them. Too many "Peach" streets in Atlanta