Over reliance on GPS ?

[Chip Fetrow]

I had a similar thing recently.  I needed to find the Loudoun County  
Sheriffs Office firing range.  TomTom came up with two "answers" for  
Willard Road.  Stupidly, it asks, "Mercer District or Sully  
District."  Thankfully, I know the Mercer electoral district is in  
Loudoun County, and the Sully electoral district is in Fairfax  
County.  Someone not politically active might not know that.  I  
arrived at class on time, while many other students were very late.

Now, why TomTom doesn't ask, "Fairfax County or Loudoun County?" is  
far beyond me, but that is the way it is.

By the way, the firing range is right where the dirt road turns into a  
goat trail.

--chip

On Mar 8, 2011, at 9:25 PM, tacos-request at amrad.org wrote:

> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 21:25:50 +0000
> From: Brian Hawes <brian.hawes at retired.ox.ac.uk>
> Subject: RE: Over reliance on GPS ?
>
> I live in a small road called "Orchard Close" There is an Orchard  
> Close in the next town, five miles away. Probably others too.
> About twice a Month, I get somebody trying to deliver goods meant  
> for the street in the next town. People have become
> so reliant on their SatNav boxes that they don't even bother to look  
> and see if they are in the right town any more.
> We deserve all we get!
>
> Brian