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I'm more sympathetic. I can imagine being in that situation — going down a dirt road — and laughing at the absurdity of it all and yet needing to get to the ai

by 3JPLW 7y ago

I'm more sympathetic. I can imagine being in that situation — going down a dirt road — and laughing at the absurdity of it all and yet needing to get to the airport to catch a flight and not having any better options. I'd wager it didn't get muddy immediately upon starting down that road. Once it did, though, it was probably too late with a line of cars behind you and nowhere to go but forward.

_nalply 7y ago
Once it happened to me that it got too sandy too sudden and I got stuck. It is easy to make fun of such mishaps but hey shit happens. It happened even without Google Maps.
alistairSH 7y ago
...yet needing to get to the airport to catch a flight... You could leave a little earlier. But, more generally, I agree. It's hard not to follow the GPS and road conditions can change rapidly. My own anecdote... driving along 495 outside DC, there's a crash on the Woodrow Wilson, and the GPS says "take some side roads" to all 10,000 of us on that stretch of interstate. Massive gridlock ensues, not just on the interstate, but also all the surrounding neighborhood roads as cars tried to pass through parking lots and alleys to get home.