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Steered Wrong: Drivers Trust GPS Even to a Fault

online.wsj.com — If your GPS device told you to drive off a cliff would you do it?

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  • JaggedToaster, on 03/23/2008, -7/+113This reminds me of when Michael Scott drove into a lake because the GPS told him to. Great episode.
  • dsenman, on 03/23/2008, -1/+86Google Maps: "Swim Across the Atlantic Ocean" - well *****, if they say so...
  • prompel, on 03/23/2008, -0/+78GPS, the ultimate IQ test.
  • IxGLSxI, on 03/23/2008, -0/+77"If your GPS device told you to drive off a cliff would you do it? "

    Would it get me to my destination faster?
  • kh99, on 03/23/2008, -0/+56You mean you wasted your time reading the article? Just read the headline and write a comment, like everyone else.
  • MrSketch, on 03/23/2008, -1/+54Well, if everyone else was driving off the cliff...
  • bradkovach, on 03/23/2008, -0/+45Reminds you? It flat-out mentioned it.
  • mechagazoo15, on 03/23/2008, -0/+26Obviously, these systems were under the malign influence of Skynet.
  • MrZop, on 03/23/2008, -1/+24I don't even bother looking out the window anymore. i just follow the directions on that little 1.5" screen. it says i have 100m until the turn, i'll know when to turn. ***** looking outside. It's all polluted anyway.
  • HyperJack, on 03/23/2008, -0/+22On Top Gear once, they were half way across the Severn Bridge and it told them to go left! =/
  • DuckofDeath11, on 03/23/2008, -1/+23GPS, helping Darwin in ways we never anticipated.
  • clickmyface, on 03/23/2008, -3/+23THE OFFICE!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Kp8hIrCA8
  • tedjar, on 03/23/2008, -2/+20I think most of the people on the road are so busy yelling into their phone and fondling themselves that they would drive right off the cliff.
  • Hoxie, on 03/23/2008, -0/+18Talking on the phone, yes... fondling themselves? What the hell are you doing at stoplights?
  • snareguy17, on 03/23/2008, -1/+19I live in Las Vegas and my GPS told me to literally drive through the desert to get to this restaurant a mile away from my house.
  • MioTheGreat, on 03/23/2008, -1/+18What if your GPS starts to offer you cake?

    "Right Turn Ahead for Cake"
  • albinorhino101, on 03/23/2008, -0/+16touche
  • JaggedToaster, on 03/23/2008, -3/+18Yes.
  • Hoxie, on 03/23/2008, -0/+15I'm afraid to click that link. It may contain child pornography and I may be arrested by the FBI.
  • InspectorGadget, on 03/23/2008, -0/+14I've been indicted for vehicular homicide eleven times and the "GPS defense" has caused the jury to acquit me every time!
  • Deist4Life, on 03/23/2008, -1/+15I would do what ever it took to not get that girl mad at me. When she says "recalculating" in that angry voice, it makes me sad, and then Jesus cries.
  • harryterry, on 03/23/2008, -1/+14"maybe it's a shortcut..." haha. agreed. excellent episode
  • StratoStreak, on 03/23/2008, -1/+13RTFA
  • legoalert33, on 03/23/2008, -1/+11Darwin Awards FTW
  • lystig, on 03/23/2008, -0/+10Just wait, you'll piss it off one day.
  • inactive, on 03/23/2008, -0/+9Windshield = old and busted
    New hotness = GPS
  • SirBrittanicus, on 03/23/2008, -1/+10Machines have already started their rise to kill all the humans. It's too late.
  • inactive, on 03/24/2008, -0/+9Well, I do like cake.
  • geneticlemon, on 03/23/2008, -1/+10Destination: DEATH
  • inactive, on 03/23/2008, -1/+9Micheal !!
  • antdude, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7Who would you trust more? Woman reading the maps (not GPS) or GPS?
  • capiCrimm, on 03/23/2008, -1/+8good point, I thought I was going to one up google maps and tried to drive across. Didn't work too well. Just listen to the machines, they know best.
  • chaoswings, on 03/23/2008, -1/+8If you can't trust a robotic disembodied voice then who can you trust? It's not a matter of IQ
  • Aensland, on 03/24/2008, -0/+7We all know the cake is a lie >_>
  • hildeaux, on 03/24/2008, -0/+6WE MUST TRUST TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!!!11
  • Daniel591992, on 03/23/2008, -0/+6Paranoid much?
  • inactive, on 03/24/2008, -0/+6GPS is a radio receiver, internally calculating its position from the satellite signals it received. Unless your coordinates are transmitted by other means, the GPS device in itself cannot tell the government your location any more than a paper map.
  • inactive, on 03/24/2008, -0/+6Have you heard of shortcuts?
  • DonTazeMeBro, on 03/24/2008, -1/+6You should consider considering what these inconsiderate people said.
  • inactive, on 03/24/2008, -1/+6My GPS Rickrolled me last night !!
  • KaJuN4, on 03/24/2008, -0/+5I loved it when on another episode the satnav kicked in and told the Stig to turn while racing around the Top Gear circuit.
  • brianbb98, on 03/24/2008, -2/+7You should consider getting a new friend.
  • solidus636, on 03/24/2008, -0/+5Not very awesome.
  • Daniel591992, on 03/23/2008, -0/+4Then jump after it?
  • sfrederiksen, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4Exactly my thoughts.
  • hildeaux, on 03/24/2008, -0/+4better the be careful, the FBI might show up at your door...
  • inactive, on 03/24/2008, -1/+5You should consider getting him a phone.
  • inactive, on 03/23/2008, -0/+2What?
  • laserblazer, on 03/24/2008, -0/+3And now we know how GW ended up in Iraq.
  • inactive, on 03/24/2008, -0/+3It should.
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