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Following GPS blindly has led more than one person into trouble. Maps and the ability to read them are a good thing to have.
1 posted on 12/29/2016 9:09:57 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin
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GPS is a GREAT tool. But if I was driving for more than 10 minutes on a deserted road I would pull the map out of the back seat on a long trip.

Especially a place I was unfamiliar with.

It also doesn’t have the capability to tell you to turn around if you miss an entrance to a highway. Even if it’s 10 yards back!! It might take you a half hour out of your way to find another entrance.

And certainly doesn’t always give the fastest route.


2 posted on 12/29/2016 9:15:01 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Surveillance video from the gas station shows Barbara Briley walking inside about 5:40 p.m. Saturday. She exits and re-enters before eventually pulling away just after 6 p.m., authorities said.

Gas station clerk Joanna Strange told local media that Briley came inside to say she was lost and she then helped the woman with her GPS before Briley went on her way.

Lt. Travis Nutter of the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office, which released the video, said nothing in the footage indicated any kind of suspicious activity at the gas station.

Police said the evidence points to Briley having pulled onto a dirt road, which she then followed a short distance into the woods in Dinwiddie County. There she drove over a small tree and got stuck in a remote area of the property when she tried to back up, according to police.


3 posted on 12/29/2016 9:15:41 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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My friend calls his GPS Jezebel as, if not careful, it will lead him astray.


4 posted on 12/29/2016 9:19:39 AM PST by ArtDodger
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Well happy that they were found, and I hope the grandmother’s serious condition improves soon.


5 posted on 12/29/2016 9:21:00 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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Maps and a compass do not fail. The kids still chuckle at my stack of maps carried in the glove box.

And I also always have a Sat phone - since there are areas with no or extremely weak cell coverage.


8 posted on 12/29/2016 9:27:18 AM PST by ConsCA
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The grandmother was found unconscious, now she’s in serious condition in a hospital. Sounds like she may have had a stroke.


15 posted on 12/29/2016 9:38:18 AM PST by zipper (In their heart of hearts, every Democrat is a communist.)
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Getting lost easily can be an early sign of dementia. There was a tragic case of an elderly local couple planning on riding up to the Blue Ridge Parkway for lunch after church getting lost in a surprise snowstorm and ending up dying, they were well into VA from their native northwest NC when they were finally found. How old is this great grandmother?


17 posted on 12/29/2016 9:39:14 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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In case anyone plans to visit the Llano Estacado Winery in Lubbock, be advised that the winery is roughly 1 1/2 miles east of the location our GPS gave us.

It was crazy, I stopped at a 7-11, where they assured me I was on the right road. Finally I just kept driving until I saw the vineyards.

It was worth the hassle...they've got great variety of wine, and you can get yourself a mixed case for around $100. If you served in the military, they also throw in the military discount, and my active service ended over 30 years ago.

We liked the place so much, that we make a stop during our trips to El Paso, where most of my in-laws still live.

20 posted on 12/29/2016 9:43:30 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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Christmas Vacation!


21 posted on 12/29/2016 9:44:37 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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I think the poor woman has gone senile and that’s why they got lost and she couldn’t figure out who follow her GPS.


34 posted on 12/29/2016 1:19:16 PM PST by stellaluna
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