-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to Nancy Backus on 05-01-19  17:07 <=-

 NB>> That sounds like some of the Geico ads....  I've heard some real
 NB>> life horror tales about GPS misleadings...

 DS> I know of 2:
 DS> 1) The GPS said "turn left here", and you go right off the mountain
 DS> road.
 DS> 2) The GPS said "turn right here", and you turn on to the railroad
 DS> tracks, then discover there's a train coming.

Both of those are truly horrifying... as well as dangerous/lethal
mistakes...  I heard of people ending up in fields.... and one couple
found themselves at a gated community where they weren't welcome....
Barry's been wondering about what might happen when GPSs that don't know
about that major bridge rebuild near him try to direct people onto the
old non-existant bridge... and hence right into the river....

 DS> When a fellow ham radio operator I were coming back from a special
 DS> event station aboard the Arkansas And Missouri Railroad Memorial Day
 DS> Troop Train back in 2011, we decided to stop off in Conway, about 30
 DS> miles northwest of Little Rock. The female GPS voice went
 DS> ballistic..."ERROR!! RECALCULATING!!"...to which I said "Now, you've
 DS> made her mad!! 

That wasn't what she thought you should be doing...  I don't use the
things myself... nor do I intend to, ever....  

 DS> The video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aEtSbHX7pw --
 DS> working 20 meters HF from the Conductors Cabin aboard a restored 1927
 DS> Harlan and Hollingsworth Passenger Car. At the time, my ham radio
 DS> callsign was AE5WX.

Was the GPS for the train, then...?  Or were you in a car (not a train
car) when you were using it....?

ttyl       neb

... When did my wild oats turn to shredded wheat? :-(

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