When The Gps Leads You Astray....., What scrapes have you gotten into from "obeying" your GPS? Options

[DXSMac]

I am staying at Jacks Landing in Grants Pass. Nice RV park! If you ever stay here, I have two GPS tips for you.

The park is located on Morgan Lane. When GPS tells you to turn at Hillcrest, OBEY IT! Even though you will pass right through Morgan Lane. Making this tactical error will cost you five minutes of having to go around the block. Ok, my bad.

NOW! If the GPS tells you to go around the La Quinta hotel, DISREGARD! Instead, weasle through the La Quinta and Jack's Landing is right there. If you "obey" your GPS at this point, it will cost you dearly. The GPS will take you up a narrow, steep road to a DEAD END. The only way out is to drive backwards, down the grade, and around a sharp, blind curve. When I checked in, I asked the desk clerk what the "body count" was for people who obeyed their GPS and went up the dead end street. TOO MANY TIMES.

Anyone else have a snafu with their GPS?

JJ

[Kirk]

Ours also has the preference settings when you plan a route, but the operator of ours has failed to make sure that all limits are proper because he moves it between the car and the motorhome. In one case, that foolish guy failed to change the setting back from auto to bus and planned a route. In included routing to an RV park which passed through a residential neighborhood with very steep, narrow streets and short turns. And all of this happened right at rush hour! When I finally arrived at the park I commented on the route that we had just come over.

The person at the desk told me that that route would be just fine for a car but that it would be impossible to get a motorhome or fifth wheel through it! It was not impossible, but there are still marks on my steering wheel from the tight grip I had on it but my wife got nearly all of the sweat stains out of the driver's seat. And I think that she put my undies in the trash!

[mpj]

From a campground owner: if there are ANY questions in your mind - contact the campground of choice - DO NOT RELY solely on your GPS.

Our park is not on GPS because we are located on a gravel road - it is short, but it is still gravel - with a city street sign. Usually GPS puts my customers 5 miles away on a road with a similar name, that is paved. We have driving directions on our web site. I know it is old fashion, but since new technology does not work, the old way still does!!

Happy travels! Thanks for listening.

[pianotuna]

Hi,

Why not post GPS coordinates in your directions? That will get past your access road not being "on the map".

From a campground owner: if there are ANY questions in your mind - contact the campground of choice - DO NOT RELY solely on your GPS.

Our park is not on GPS because we are located on a gravel road - it is short, but it is still gravel - with a city street sign. Usually GPS puts my customers 5 miles away on a road with a similar name, that is paved. We have driving directions on our web site. I know it is old fashion, but since new technology does not work, the old way still does!!

Happy travels! Thanks for listening.