Today, I was wrapping up my move in a 16-foot truck with my car in tow. Google rerouted me to avoid traffic... through a state park. The road had only one lane. I can still hear the phalanx of cars honking at me. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while I was driving, Google said it found a faster route to save me 15 minutes. I hit accept, only be directed into a gridlock on the interstate, adding an hour to my drive time. FML
Today, my GPS led me to a "shortcut" that took me through a winding dirt road in the middle of nowhere. My car got stuck in the mud, and the tow truck driver told me I was the third person he's pulled out this week from the same "shortcut." FML
Today, I was stuck in what I thought was traffic on my way home from work. I started weaving in and out of traffic because it seemed to only be a few cars holding up the line. I get to the front of the line and I'd realized I just weaved through a funeral procession. FML
Today, I was driving in stop and go traffic and passed two accidents in the process. I got nervous and decided to change routes to avoid getting hit. As I was trying to find an alternative route on my GPS, I rear-ended the car in front of me. FML
Today, I was driving 65 on a fairly deserted highway when some speeding inbred in a giant truck chose not to use the open passing lane but instead SWERVED INTO THE SHOULDER to go around me, and then cut me off. Any closer and I would've been a smear on the asphalt. FML
Today, my GPS told me that I'd reached my destination. In the middle of the highway. FML
Today, I was stuck in backed up traffic because of construction for so long that my phone actually listed where I was stuck in traffic as a place I visited. FML
Today, I got stuck in traffic and angrily honked at the car in front of me. Then I realized it was a hearse. FML
Today, my car broke down in traffic. It's okay though, everyone honked in support while I moved my vehicle from the busy intersection. Only the third time this month. FML
Today, I was stuck in stand-still traffic for 5 minutes, before realizing I had stopped behind a parked car. FML
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tonyfan00 38
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buckdharma 38
Google is your friend... The funny one.
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crumpets 123 8
while Google maps is useful, it's always good to check which route you are taking. It's 50 50 on you deserving it or your life sucks
RichardPencil 32
It wasn’t cars honking – it was elk bugling. Happy Rutting Season!
buckdharma 38
Google is your friend... The funny one.
Malkavio 1
This happened to me too when i was on vacation. Ended up taking through what looked like a cow field in a toyota camry. It was something else. I feel for ya.
tonyfan00 38
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Madrias 36
By the sound of things, you were going to be stuck in traffic either way. Google just determined you were going to be the cause of the traffic jam and made sure the road would be clear for everyone else.
olga_crvjl 19
Oooo that sucks big time
LeoCor 19
It's good you so use a map to help find a way but still check possible other routes you might be led through before going that way incase you cause trouble like that.
csmedley 5
If the cars are in a line behind you how is it a phalanx?
Nova Solarius 10
A phalanx is simply a formation in which troops (or cars) form a rough rectangle. One car wide by a hundred long is still a rectangle.
Ray_of_midnight 23
YDI. This is how idiots in moving trucks get stuck under low bridges on Storrow Drive in Boston every September 1st--by using car GPS in a large vehicle.