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When satnavs go wrong: Why drivers end up following GPS into danger
- zeristor 8mo agoWould the coroner’s report state Death by Satnav? I guess retrospectively this should be called vibe driving.
- bell-cot 8mo agoAren't the differences between "satnav sent him the wrong way on the motorway", "directions he'd memorize from his cousin's hand-written wedding invitation sent him the wrong way...", and "he just drove in his lane - didn't brake or swerve or anything - as the wrong-way car plowed into him at 250km/h" merely matters of perspective? That said, I think there's another effect here. If a person feels unfamiliar with a situation, and a confident-sounding human voice - which the person knows is an expert - tells that person to do something, then there's a very strong human cognitive bias toward just doing as the "expert" says. 99.9% of the time, disobeying will end badly. And just how lucky are you feeling - about being able to outsmart the expert, on the spot, in a situation you are not familiar with - and that ending well?
- Hackbraten 8mo agoRelated (if you're into analog horror): https://youtu.be/jh09uIN6tl0 https://youtu.be/jh09uIN6tl0