{"id":134,"date":"2010-04-20T23:43:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T03:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/gps-units-are-not-quite-ready-for-prime-time-in-floyd"},"modified":"2010-04-20T23:43:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T03:43:40","slug":"gps-units-are-not-quite-ready-for-prime-time-in-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"GPS units are not quite ready for prime time in Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Car_accident\"<\/a> I have seen GPS units work well in many areas of the country but I have heard reports that they are unreliable guides in Floyd County.<\/p>\n

Today one of my customers drove from Ferrum College to my shop in Floyd and his GPS unit took him over miles of single lane dirt roads instead of on a paved highway.  They had looked at a map before starting the drive but they put their trust in the GPS unit and got taken for a ride on two of the most difficult roads in the area.<\/p>\n

Ferrum College is on Route 40 and our shop is off Franklin Pike and there are several different routes between these two points which have reasonably wide paved roads.<\/p>\n

I can't even imagine how one would program a GPS unit to select the narrowest and most dangerous road to drive on. I don't think there is a GPS setting which gives you the choice of primitive back roads.<\/p>\n

Those of you who have driven Runnet Bag Rd and Cannaday School<\/span> Gap Rd know that even in good weather, you want all-wheel drive to avoid white-knuckle driving. In wet or icy weather, Runnet Bag Rd is extremely hazardous at any speed. One of of the curves even has a reverse bank which causes the car to slide toward the outside of the curve even at low speeds.<\/p>\n

This customer was driving a small underpowered car with two-wheel drive and they definitely did not want to return to Ferrum on dirt roads. <\/p>\n

Has anyone else noticed their GPS unit selecting routes that are a bit on the wild side?<\/p>\n

[Picture credit: Raw Feed<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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