Most inappropiate place to program a gps

[anvil58]

Gps - great some of the time b****y anoying the rest. They are a part of modern technolgy that now dominate us with 'conditioned response'. The phone rings - we answer it, the microwave dings we open the door, mavis on the gps tells us to turn left we end up in a stream (well not so bad in a fronty).
Coming home today I came across a luton type (showing my age there) delivery van stopped right in the middle of a fairly busy junction with cars squeezing past and almost causing an accident. Thinking the driver might be needing help to get to clear the junction making it safe I pulled up to one side to offer the frontys help, but no, he was completely unaware of the chaos he was causing calmly programming in his next destination!
I know there are plenty of funny 'the gps made me do it' stories out there but has anybody witnessed, or been guilty of inappropiate programming?

Al.

[Drift]

Every time we go laning and some fool wants me to lead..................we tend to reverse more than travel forwards

[drinksoptional]

i prefer a map i have tried sat navs and i still do not like them

[pot bellied pixie]

I hate gps , I have worked all over the country and never needed one , If I got lost I would use the Scouse map,as in wind the window down and ask a local,works every time

[furball]

I would be knackered without my sat nav but they require a certain degree of common sense. You shouldn't be afraid to ignore what it tells you and make it recalculate if it's telling you to do something silly like go the wrong way down a one way, or even take a road that isn't there anymore.

[Wilberforce]

Which is probably what causes most problems with them - people are either too afraid or too stupid to occasionally think "hang on, that doesn't sound right" and use their common sense.

Sat-nav is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't replace the ability to read a paper map, or use a little common sense. It's unlikely, but there's always the chance the US could reinstate the inaccuracies to the readings for non military use, and then unless you've got a unit that can talk to the EU system, you're gently stuffed.