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Driver Following Navigation Software Gets Stuck in Snow, Showing No App Is Flawless
Driver Following Navigation Software Gets Stuck in Snow, Showing No App Is Flawless

6 Mar 2024, 18:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Yet another driver who blindly trusted their navigation software ended up calling emergency services after getting stuck on a road

 
Tourists Spend 7 Days in the Wild After Following Google Maps on Impassable Road
Tourists Spend 7 Days in the Wild After Following Google Maps on Impassable Road

16 Feb 2024, 15:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Two German tourists got their car stuck in an area with no cellular reception; they decided to walk to the nearest town and arrived after 7 days

 
Authorities to Install Barriers As Drivers Use Google Maps, Not Common Sense
Authorities to Install Barriers As Drivers Use Google Maps, Not Common Sense

12 Feb 2024, 16:08 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The city of Edinburgh will soon install barriers on a set of steps where several drivers ended up stuck after following Google Maps

 
Lorry Gets Stuck on City Center Steps After Driver Blindly Follows Google Maps
Lorry Gets Stuck on City Center Steps After Driver Blindly Follows Google Maps

19 Jan 2024, 16:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A lorry driver used Google Maps for navigation, eventually getting stuck on the city center steps in the same place where other drivers had the same issue

 
How to Turn Off the Headlight and Child Reminder Notifications in Waze
How to Turn Off the Headlight and Child Reminder Notifications in Waze

31 Dec 2023, 10:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Google-owned traffic navigation app comes with notifications that don't always make sense; among them, headlight and child reminders

 
"Trust Me, Not Google Maps": Cattle Farmer Erects Sign to Correct Navigation Blunder
"Trust Me, Not Google Maps": Cattle Farmer Erects Sign to Correct Navigation Blunder

30 Nov 2023, 12:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A farmer from Queensland decided to fight a navigation error in Google Maps in the most unique way: with a dedicated sign aimed at users running the app

 
Driver Follows Sat-Nav on Boat Ramp, Enters Lagoon, Tries to Drive in the Sea
Driver Follows Sat-Nav on Boat Ramp, Enters Lagoon, Tries to Drive in the Sea

9 Nov 2023, 12:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A driver who blindly trusted what the sat-nav in their car told them to do ended up with the vehicle stuck in a lagoon in Spain

 
Google Maps Brought Me Here: Cyclist Caught by Police on Highway Blames Sat-Nav
Google Maps Brought Me Here: Cyclist Caught by Police on Highway Blames Sat-Nav

13 Oct 2023, 18:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A cyclist who was caught by police on the highway claims he ended up on the high-speed road after following sat-nav directions

 
Authorities Continue the Battle With Google Maps, Tell Users to Ignore GPS Navigation
Authorities Continue the Battle With Google Maps, Tell Users to Ignore GPS Navigation

15 Sep 2023, 08:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / More local authorities erect signage to recommend drivers ignore the directions provided by the navigation software in their cars

 
Subaru Outback Gets Stuck on a Beach After Driver Learns a Very Important GPS Lesson
Subaru Outback Gets Stuck on a Beach After Driver Learns a Very Important GPS Lesson

7 Sep 2023, 08:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Queensland driver who blindly trusted his GPS navigation system ended up stuck in sand on a beach at 2 AM; it was too late to do anything, he says

 
Google Maps Rival Creates Feature to Offer Navigation Without GPS Signal
Google Maps Rival Creates Feature to Offer Navigation Without GPS Signal

30 Jun 2023, 12:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / HERE has recently patented a new technology whose goal is to provide route guidance in a vehicle even without a GPS connection

 
Google Maps Users Searching for Faster Route Get Stuck in Mud, Survive on Watermelons
Google Maps Users Searching for Faster Route Get Stuck in Mud, Survive on Watermelons

20 Jun 2023, 03:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / If you still needed proof that blindly trusting what the sat-nav says is a bad idea, here's the story of two familiars that got stuck in the mud for days

 
Garmin Launches Motorcycle GPS Navigator That Puts Google Maps to Shame
Garmin Launches Motorcycle GPS Navigator That Puts Google Maps to Shame

23 Apr 2023, 10:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The latest GPS navigation unit from Garmin are specifically built with motorcycles in mind, coming with IPX7 water-resistance and handlebar vibration support

 
I Used the Original Navigation in a 2010 Car and Google Maps No Longer Feels Revolutionary
I Used the Original Navigation in a 2010 Car and Google Maps No Longer Feels Revolutionary

14 Jan 2023, 13:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The essential navigation features were available in cars launched more than a decade ago, way before Google Maps became mainstream

 
Driver Blindly Trusts the Likes of Google Maps, Ends Up Stuck in Freezing Temperatures
Driver Blindly Trusts the Likes of Google Maps, Ends Up Stuck in Freezing Temperatures

18 Dec 2022, 17:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A driver in South Yorkshire figured out the hard way that relying on navigation apps all the time isn’t necessarily the best idea for motorists out there

 
Cyclist Blaming Navigation App for Riding Along a Highway Signals a Growing Problem
Cyclist Blaming Navigation App for Riding Along a Highway Signals a Growing Problem

10 Sep 2022, 13:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A cyclist was recently caught by the police riding along the M62 in the United Kingdom, and officers claim the man blamed a navigation app

 
Woman Drinks Too Much, Gets Car Stuck Into Tram Tunnel, Blames Google Maps
Woman Drinks Too Much, Gets Car Stuck Into Tram Tunnel, Blames Google Maps

31 Aug 2022, 22:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A female driver ended up with her car onto the tram tracks and eventually got the vehicle stranded; it turns out she had too much to drink

 
People Hungry for Cookies End Up Knocking on Couple’s Door Due to the Likes of Google Maps
People Hungry for Cookies End Up Knocking on Couple’s Door Due to the Likes of Google Maps

24 Aug 2022, 21:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A recent Crumbl Cookies location is mistakenly flagged on the mapping services in the place where a couple actually lives

 
The Queen Is Full of British Humor, She Gives Her GPS a Rather Funny Nickname
The Queen Is Full of British Humor, She Gives Her GPS a Rather Funny Nickname

22 Aug 2022, 08:13 UTC · By: Angela Balaciu / The Queen is having fun with the GPS voice on her Range Rover, which she finds amusing enough to be worthy of a nickname

 
Waze Under Fire for the Nightmare It Creates on Quiet Country Roads
Waze Under Fire for the Nightmare It Creates on Quiet Country Roads

31 Jul 2022, 22:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Google-owned app is sending drivers to alternative routes in an attempt to help them reach their destinations faster