XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   "Rod Speed"  wrote:   
      
   >Greg Goss  wrote   
   >> Rod Speed  wrote   
   >>> Greg Goss  wrote   
   >   
   >>>> My wife has a fairly recent GPS in her car.  Once, we had programmed   
   >>>> the destination into the unit because we needed it for the final   
   >>>> navigation -- we knew the way for the first fifteen miles.  But, with   
   >>>> very little warning, it abruptly told us to take an exit three miles   
   >>>> before the obvious one, and adjusted the time-to-destination   
   >>>> accordingly.  As we turned onto the overpass, we saw traffic   
   >>>> backing up from something further down the road.   
   >   
   >>> That is just poor implementation.   
   >   
   >> I think you're misreading the anecdote.   
   >   
   >No.   
   >   
   >> This was a good implementation   
   >   
   >No, it should have made it clear that it was diverting   
   >from the original route because of the congestion it   
   >knew about, instead of leaving you to guess that   
   >that was the reason for the diversion.   
      
   I'm a driver, dealing with a complex situation.  The GPS unit has been   
   "hired" to provide me with turn-by-turn instructions on how to get   
   where I'm going.   
      
   "Why" is interesting, but at the time, it's a distraction.   
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