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Vent: My GPS tried to send me down a closed mountain pass in Colorado last winter.
I was hauling a load from Denver to Grand Junction, and my usual route was shut due to a blizzard. The app rerouted me onto a state highway that looked okay on the map. About 20 miles in, I hit a roadblock with a sheriff's deputy who told me the pass had been closed for two days. The algorithm just saw it as the fastest path and didn't check the real-time closure. I had to backtrack almost 50 miles in the snow to find a safe detour. Has anyone else had a navigation app totally ignore live road conditions like that?
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the_wesley20d ago
That "fastest path" logic is so dumb. Did the deputy say if they even report those closures to the map apps?
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piper77920d ago
Totally agree, that logic is the worst. Got sent down a closed forest service road last fall because the app swore it was faster. Had to turn around in someone's muddy driveway. Doubt the county even knows how to tell Google or Apple about a washed out road. Makes you wonder if they even try to update the digital maps, or if it's all just guesswork.
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