GPS means SOS in car accident wave


We often think progress is measured by technological advancement. After all, many of our cars now have a GPS, or global positioning system, which helps us to navigate anywhere in the world. Via satellite links, a GPS can provide digital mapping info and automated voices to direct us from anywhere to just about anywhere else.

But is that truly progress? At least, can it be progress when many such GPS devices are faulty and lead drivers virtually over a cliff, or going the wrong way down a one-way street, or into a narrowing street in which they’ll be stuck?

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