Craig Jungers wrote: > So the short answer is that the GPS units aren't smart enough to know that > it's winter and/or the operators aren't smart enough to understand what > roads they should be on. Darwin at work. Maybe we should have more of these "faulty" units out there (not serious about that!). I'd guess the liability angle might come in to play on these things pretty quick. Life is not a video game. Bradford also might have included "public reaction" to the recent one-day snowstorm (oooh! four whole inches!!!) in Portland OR (not predicted by NOAA) in his short diatribe about people who are not self reliant. Commuters were pissed as can be that they got "caught" without chains or snow tires, as if it were NOAA's fault they were unprepared. It's winter, in an areas well-know for massive gridlock if folks get stalled. Chains? What chains? Dig yourself out? How? Where is Tom Lehrer's ditty "Be Prepared" when we need it? Lyrics: http://tinyurl.com/amaxj Audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=758awAebvzI -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 01 2010 - 16:22:22 PST
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