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Satellite Navigation a Real Crackpot!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the asking-for-directions dept.

debest writes "What happens when your satellite navigation system in your car gives you bad advice on which road you should take? In Britain, these systems have been directing drivers down a road near the (aptly named) town of Crackpot that is strewn with boulders and has an unprotected 100ft dropoff on one side! The locals are worried someone's going to go off the edge."

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  1. Re:Reality TV by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 0, Troll
    People seem to have this strange idea that computers are infallible and anything that a computer tells them is always going to magically be 100% accurate.

    Somebody should tell them about Microsoft. Then they would quickly stop believing that computers are 100% right. Maybe, this satnav is actually running WinCE, who knows?