I wonder how many wrong-way driving accidents are the result of GPS?

[apples and oranges]

Today I was almost wrecked when my Garmin unit led me down a one way street in the wrong direction.

[uppityperson]

1. GPS, like maps, are guidance systems. Anyone who relies on them beyond common sense

is foolish. Being aware of signs, traffic, etc, takes precedence over blindly following a gps.

[arcadian]

5. THIS ^^^

[Codeine]

2. I'm assuming there were signs.

Only idiots "drive by dashboard."

Put bluntly -- not one single wrong-way accident is the result of GPS. Not one. Nada. Nil. Zilch. Zero. They are the result of idiot drivers going the wrong way in defiance of arrows, signage, and common sense.

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. Hey, you don't know -

maybe it is foggy and he was flying in on instruments.

[Codeine]

12. Surely you're joking.

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. I'm quite serious...

and don't call me Shirley.

[bigwillq]

3. You didn't notice a one-way, wrong way sign?

:shrug:

[MattBaggins]

4. This really happened to me

Down a five lane highway.

"move into far left lane"
"now turn right"

ruh-roh

[stubtoe]

6. You know, that's a very good question.

[Dappleganger]

7. They make me nervous.

I like to print out google maps first, then turn on the gps and just use it as a guideline. There's so much new construction in FL that either one is often wrong.

[LeftyMom]

8. Those would be accidents caused by not looking.

The GPS is not driving the car. It's a fancy map. Maps rarely show one-ways, and we don't blame Thomas Guides for people driving up the wrong street because they don't know where they're going.

[Hannah Bell]

20. maps don't tell you to turn right, either.

[LeftyMom]

22. People holding them do. Sometimes they're wrong.

A couple of years ago I was driving a friend to work after dinner in a city I hadn't visited before. Since he lived there he gave me directions, and sent me the wrong way up a one way street. He doesn't drive, so he sent me the way he'd go on his bike. Luckily it was an industrial area after dark, and no other cars were around, but I learned my lesson about trusting anybody else's instructions over my own eyes.

The driver is responsible for paying attention to where they're headed. Always.

[kestrel91316]

9. Serves you right for disregarding street signs. PUT THE GARMIN DOWN,

PUT THE CELL PHONE DOWN, AND DRIVE.

[The River]

10. Like All New Technologies

early versions can be bug filled and prone to error.

I'm one of those analog oldies who only needs the sun
to navigate or tell time.

[stray cat]

13. Maybe a warning sign: "Do not disengage brain" is needed

[Romulox]

14. Garmin + Camry = Oh God no! nt

[leftofcool]

17. LOL!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

16. None.

Wrong-way driving accidents are the result of human error.

Don't blame your GPS, you screwed up.

[quinnox]

18. Its not an error free device

We were on vacation in a Canadian city and the directions the Garmin gave us were hilarious and led us on a wild goose chase that went nowhere close to what the correct route should have been.

Always use an old fashioned map and look where you are going to confirm the Garmin directions, and you can tell it to give you an alternate route if it is behaving stupidly.

[PBS Poll-435]

19. Life imitates Art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yyKrS8jwSY

[lbrtbell]

21. Don't laugh

I don't have a GPS system, but I was on a two-way street that abruptly turned one-way. To make matters worse, there was no place to turn off, so I was forced to stay on it for a couple of blocks. Thank God there was very little traffic...and no cop around.

There are many places where signs are either covered by trees or other objects, or (as in my case) the signs just don't exist. Whether due to bad planning or an accident taking out the sign, I don't know. All I know is, I'm a safe, intelligent driver (never use the phone while driving, etc.), and things can happen to anybody.

[Rebubula]

23. LOLZ...

...'LED YOU'????


:rofl:





(wipes tears from eyes)....glad no one was hurt, but seriously there is nothing I can add to the other posters in this thread.