I’ve had the opportunity of using a GPS navigation unit on two trips in the last year or so and found that most of the time their directions were very helpful. However, here are plenty of humourous examples why you should always doubt your GPS aggravator (signs are already up warning motorists: “Ignore your Sat Nav”).
And here’s a word of advice to anyone using a GPS to find a quick meal near an airport – they obviously don’t filter the restaurants inside the airport terminal from the search results. Maybe they think you might need to use your GPS to navigate the airport to find the shortest route from concourse A to B via Chili’s? Our team in MN found that out when the GPS unit tried to steer us to the McDonald’s located inside the Minneapolis airport while we were driving around waiting to pick up a co-worker.
More on bad GPS directions at The Map Room.