Today I took a road trip of about 200 miles.

When I pulled off the freeway on city streets to make my way to my destination, my GPS nag-igator gave me the following instructions back-to-back:

First was, "Turn left onto You-Reek Road", followed promptly by, "Turn right onto Lava Rid Court..."

Not only does my GPS tell me I’m smelly, but then it suggests I jump into molten lava to rid my self of the stench. I suppose the lava would take care of the smelly part, but it would also take care of a few other things.

Permanently.

I'm worried the machine is either trying to kill me, or is plotting to take over the world.

I think I'll have to take anything it says to me in the future with extreme caution.

I remember a few years back going to Kristoff's house for a BBQ during a MOM event.

IEunuch was riding shotgun and I was in the back seat, the Driver (who will remain nameless) had a GPS system.

Now Kristoff told us all the best way to get to his house but our driver knows better because he has G P S So we pass our exit to go on to the one his GPS told us to get off at but it was under construction so we could not exit there, NO problem our driver said with confidence it will recalculate and so it did telling us to get of at the next exit, which was under construction, I started to laugh, IE was laughing silently in the shotgun seat so we RECALCULATED and was told by the GPS system to get off at the next exit, which was under construction, (I am not making this up), so our driver said with even more confidence that the GPS system would get us to our destination as it knows all the routes to Kristoff's house, it recalculated and said get off at the next exit, which you guessed it, was under construction. Now the GPS told us to continue to the next exit and get off which we did, then it told us to turn left, (we knew we wanted to go right but) we went left to the next on ramp where the GPS told us to turn left again onto the on ramp which was closed due to construction, NOTE at this point we could have gotten off back 5 miles ago and been at Kristoff's house 10 minutes ago. BUT WE HAVE GPS TO GET US THERE, so we are finally back on the freeway going in the opposit direction then we started only to have that infallible FU@*%)^&@-- GPS tell us to get off at the next exit ............................ you guessed it, it was under construction. We finally made it to Kristoff's house with the help of that great invention the GPS, of course we would have been to Kristoff's house about 45 minutes earlier if we had just got off at the exit Kristoff told us to.

Later that night I went with a different driver as I wanted to get home without the use of that greatest of inventions the GPS. The only thing it does not know is what roads are closed due to construction, but other then that I guess there really nice.

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:50 pm I remember a few years back going to Kristoff's house for a BBQ during a MOM event.

IEunuch was riding shotgun and I was in the back seat, the Driver (who will remain nameless) had a GPS system.

Now Kristoff told us all the best way to get to his house but our driver knows better because he has G P S So we pass our exit to go on to the one his GPS told us to get off at but it was under construction so we could not exit there, NO problem our driver said with confidence it will recalculate and so it did telling us to get of at the next exit, which was under construction, I started to laugh, IE was laughing silently in the shotgun seat so we RECALCULATED and was told by the GPS system to get off at the next exit, which was under construction, (I am not making this up), so our driver said with even more confidence that the GPS system would get us to our destination as it knows all the routes to Kristoff's house, it recalculated and said get off at the next exit, which you guessed it, was under construction. Now the GPS told us to continue to the next exit and get off which we did, then it told us to turn left, (we knew we wanted to go right but) we went left to the next on ramp where the GPS told us to turn left again onto the on ramp which was closed due to construction, NOTE at this point we could have gotten off back 5 miles ago and been at Kristoff's house 10 minutes ago. BUT WE HAVE GPS TO GET US THERE, so we are finally back on the freeway going in the opposit direction then we started only to have that infallible FU@*%)^&@-- GPS tell us to get off at the next exit ............................ you guessed it, it was under construction. We finally made it to Kristoff's house with the help of that great invention the GPS, of course we would have been to Kristoff's house about 45 minutes earlier if we had just got off at the exit Kristoff told us to.

Later that night I went with a different driver as I wanted to get home without the use of that greatest of inventions the GPS. The only thing it does not know is what roads are closed due to construction, but other then that I guess there really nice.

River

LMFAO. Remember that. I drive this metro area 250 miles a day. I know where not to go....

Now think for a minute if you were not familiar with the area as you are (both River and Kristoff) and you were looking for something. That GPS is about as useful as a regular map. You fold-up maps can be wrong too, and won't know construction zones. And they are only as up to date as their print date, just as a GPS is only as up to date as it's last software update.

Still I found it odd mine told me what it did. It displayed the road names perfectly, it's just having a bit of trouble pronouncing them (Eureka Road and Lava Ridge Court).

--LT

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:50 pm I remember a few years back going to Kristoff's house for a BBQ during a MOM event.

I still get a chuckle about that drive. I swear I thought we were going to drive that GPS into a nervous breakdown. "Recalculating... Recalculating... Recalculating... Recalculating..."

I still enjoy the cheap thrill of the thought of a GPS saying "Turn Right" and someone makes an immediate right into a building or swimming pool or something

River's tale made me imagine who would have been driving. I've got a pretty good idea now after thinking who has been to a number of MOMs, has a bigger car and was probably by himself to start with and has GPS. If it is who I am thinking of, his GPS technology has improved and I know his current one updates to show traffic conditions so you'd think most construction projects around major cities would be covered as well. But doing all that updating continuously has got to be a monumental headache.

I did get a good chuckle. While misadventures can be frustrating at the time, many provide an interesting story later.

I have to say sat-navs are a good thing if you are going to a strange town,but there is nothing better than a good old road map.

But then that is just me t teckno dead brain,but that might just be my age as well lol.

but the best directions of all is someone who lives at the place you are going. Don't you think they would know the best way to get to their house?

River