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If someone insists on giving directions, listen to them; it may mean the place isn't where maps think it is, or they give a road that's not there or something. At least three addresses in my immediate family have this problem to some degree.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.16|108.162.221.16]] 18:59, 2 September 2015 (UTC) | If someone insists on giving directions, listen to them; it may mean the place isn't where maps think it is, or they give a road that's not there or something. At least three addresses in my immediate family have this problem to some degree.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.16|108.162.221.16]] 18:59, 2 September 2015 (UTC) | ||
| − | * Agreed: in my area, people may have | + | * Agreed: in my area, people may have address "house X", but with "access via dead end Y" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.11.243|172.68.11.243]] 05:30, 28 July 2020 (UTC) |
| + | One possible 'way around' people who don't want to trust your GPS, is to accept/acknowledge the directions, then _quote them back wrong_. For example, "Okay, so turn left a mile before the big open field, and west onto I-73, right?" because in the US, major interstates tend to be even for east-west, odd for north-south. (My apologies; I have not created a username for explainxcd.) [[Special:Contributions/68.204.55.141|68.204.55.141]] 21:34, 15 September 2025 (UTC) | ||
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Are you sure the postman can find his way? Maybe you need to put the directions on the letter, just to be safe. Davidy²²[talk] 02:33, 24 April 2013 (UTC)
Unless you're using Apple Maps on an iPhone 5S. Watch out for those runways. 74.140.141.101 18:16, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
Am I the only one that doesn't automatically assume the GPS knows best? I always look it up anyway... especially in Houston where there are a lot of roads that the system thinks is "divided," so it will try to route you in a circuitous way to ensure you can make a right-turn in (when in reality it is totally possible to make the left turn). 108.162.220.23 15:52, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
- No. In Britain GPS systems usually assume the motorways are quickest when in Britain the motorways are usually clogged.
- It was 2010, so it was before when smartphones got this popular. 141.101.85.204 05:39, 17 June 2015 (UTC) I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 17:10, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
If someone insists on giving directions, listen to them; it may mean the place isn't where maps think it is, or they give a road that's not there or something. At least three addresses in my immediate family have this problem to some degree.108.162.221.16 18:59, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
- Agreed: in my area, people may have address "house X", but with "access via dead end Y" 172.68.11.243 05:30, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
One possible 'way around' people who don't want to trust your GPS, is to accept/acknowledge the directions, then _quote them back wrong_. For example, "Okay, so turn left a mile before the big open field, and west onto I-73, right?" because in the US, major interstates tend to be even for east-west, odd for north-south. (My apologies; I have not created a username for explainxcd.) 68.204.55.141 21:34, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
