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   On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:24:47 +0200, "Carlos E.R."   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2016-09-24 08:49, AL wrote:   
   >> On 9/23/2016 10:42 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>> There are roads on the maps that don't exist which the mapping   
   >>> programs never fail to use as the preferred route.   
   >>   
   >> Yep. More than one tourist here has tried to take his big car cross   
   >> country on a tiny dirt road because she said to. Then they get stuck in   
   >> the mountains with no cell service. Occasionally in our brutal summers   
   >> that turns out to be a fatal mistake.   
   >   
   >That's very unfortunate. These apps do not take into account the quality   
   >of the roads and the size/weight of the vehicle. You can learn of the   
   >accidents they cause in the TV some times.   
   >   
   >This summer a big lorry got stuck like a cork in a narrow street in a   
   >village. Had to be extracted by a rescue truck pulling at 90° the rear   
   >part. The lorry had been looking for a gas station that in fact was out   
   >of service for years, near the highway but not that near. Chap lost a   
   >day and expenses.   
      
   The driver should have been professional enough to know that the   
   vehicle he was driving was unsuitable to be driven on that road.   
      
   Some people always want to blame other people for their mistakes.   
      
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