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I like to play a game I call Dangerous Directions. The rules are as follows: 1. Actually be prepared. Have a real map, the right equipment and know how to use
by cactacea 3y ago
I like to play a game I call Dangerous Directions. The rules are as follows:
1. Actually be prepared. Have a real map, the right equipment and know how to use it.
2. Pick a remote, scenic destination.
3. Put it into Google Maps and try to get there.
You lose if:
1. You successfully get to your destination on a road passable by a normal passenger vehicle.
2. You don't get to your destination due to vehicle/equipment failure or being unprepared for the hazards encountered.
You win if:
1. Google's route required 4wd with bonus points for river crossings, rock crawling and other hazards.
2. Google's route is utterly impassable or otherwise impossible with bonus points for distance traveled in the wrong direction.
The places Google Maps will happily take you with nary a warning can be quite dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. I've encountered numerous people (some obviously lost, others oblivious to their actual situation) in places they frankly had no business being just because they were blindly following a GPS to something they saw on Instagram.
- nunez 3y agoThis happened to me while trying to go to a new Tesla supercharging outfit in Seiverville, TN. Tesla gets parts of their routes from Google Maps, and this particular route was more than happy to send me down a road that looked all but abandoned and, from what I could tell, went straight through (into?) a huge ditch.