30 Funny Times GPS Was Incredibly Wrong

‘Wanted me to drive off a bridge’
30 Funny Times GPS Was Incredibly Wrong

Living in a tech-obsessed world means there are more opportunities to be inconvenienced on a regular basis — whether it’s caused by something as stupid as owning a Cybertruck or as simple as using a GPS

For instance, one Redditor typed his destination into his GPS and went on cruise control, which is just asking for trouble. His car followed a path through the woods as the directions indicated he would, but he became confused when his surroundings started getting louder and louder until he could make out the sounds of revving engines and a cheering crowd. When he reached the end of the navigation, he was on turn three of a local dirt race track — during a race.  

Other Redditors have shared the funniest times their GPS failed them, including impromptu trips to the middle of a cow pasture, a swamp and a hospital’s back alley.

Real_Kaleidoscope_94 1y ago Tried getting to the Pearl Harbor museum and memorial but ended up at the gates to the active part of the base greeted by men with assault rifles. 2 ...
 1y ago My old Garmin tried to get me to use a route THROUGH A MILITARY BASE to get to a burger king. I did not start on the base. The ВК was not on the base. There were routes around, but nope! Garmin was like turn left here and the left was the main gate of the base LOL - 2 ...
ENT equlalaine 1y ago adidas IN PAR WHL Drove into Philly, Old City. Got off the freeway and GPS said turn left, so we did. Next thing the GPS said was welcome to New Jersey. 2 ...
goth_duck . 1y ago Wrong way into a truck wash, with my mom's sedan 2 ...
Bishnup 1y ago I was trying to find an old ghost town in Utah. In the middle of a fairly populated farming community, it had me take a rutted dirt road between 2 fields for over a mile. There were a few creepy buildings I went by that I was sure a chainsaw massacerer was hiding. It eventually spit me onto a main road. Were there other options? Yes. But Google thought that would be the straightest shot. I was really worried about busting an axle. 4 ...
vladberar 1y ago Someone's back yard, i had to ask him to open his gates to let me out. 4 ...
Look-Its-a-Name 1y ago In front of a sign that proclaimed that I was on a military training ground, and on the route towards a live ammunition testing area. Noped right out of there. 3 ...
 1y ago In the middle of a forest here in Sweden, the road | was supposed to take was very straight forward, I really don't understand how it sent me on such a trip XD 3 ...
Immediate_Finger_889 1y ago | once got in a fight with a Portuguese guy in a carrot field because of my gps. Not my proudest moment. 2 ...
joannaCloudy . 1y ago I ended up near a factory where i was supposed to be in an audio shop 4 ...
tatotornado 0 1y ago On turn 3 of a local dirt race track DURING A RACE. | followed a path through the woods and was like Huh this is getting loud. BOOM on the track no warning 6 ...
YourMothersButtox 1y ago So I'm in pseudo-Upstate NY. One day I'm trying to get to an area known as Big Indian, and somehow GPS takes me to this gorgeous alpine looking lake with beautiful cabins. No signage, no information, so not a hotel clearly. Just gorgeous crystal waters and monied looking cabins that obviously weren't regular homes. The worst part, little to no information about the place on the internet. Apparently it's an exclusive club, which I'll never be part of. It was so unexpected as the lake was nothing I've ever seen in this part of NY. 5 ...
ScarecrowJohnny 1y ago Edited 1y ago In a swamp, wearing sneakers, with mud up to my knees. And this was right after scrambling across a steep ridge of loose rocks facing out towards the sea. Then I had to turn around in the swamp and scramble all the way back again. Girlfriend had a panic attack. Would not recommend. 7 ...
solemnlyvalid . 1y ago Ended up in a cemetery once, late at night, because the GPS insisted it was a shortcut to a friend's house. 9 ...
DrunkDinosaurKing 10y ago I had gone out of town one weekend to visit my girlfriend at college. Since we were both new to the area, I used my GPS to locate a Wal-Mart and guide us. It's about 10pm and the GPS guides us to to the middle of the ghetto and stops. Thinking that was odd, I pick a different Wal-Mart and reroute us. This time, the GPS navigates us to a road that goes directly to the middle of a cemetery and says You've reached your destination. Nope.jpg Just went back to the dorm after that. 4 ...
kirbyMonster 10y ago Told me to continue on Road Rd and then turn left on Road Rd and end up at my destination at the intersection of Road Rd and Road Rd 2 ...
SuperEskimo63 e 10y ago Supposed to end up at a hotel in Akron and ended up in somebody's driveway in a suburb. Finally found the hotel ~2 hours later and they told us that they don't have a legal address...what the fuck?? 1 ...
IAmJustAHusk 1y ago Got turned away at the gates of a huge army base because GPS routed me to the nearest Starbucks which happened to be on the base. 13 ...
gmjfraser8 1y ago Flew to Newark with my sisters a few years back in March and weather was colder than expected. Figured we could find a TJ Maxx or something so we could buy a sweater or scarf. Ended up in an alley behind some hospital miles away from the store. Four of us sitting in a car thinking WTH? 10 ...
JitGoinHam 10y ago Was in Anaheim for a gaming convention, and the GPS suggested we drive through Disneyland to get to our restaurant. Turn left on Main Street USA 6 ...
182manycookies 10y ago | typed in Toys R Us in Rockford illinois. It told me it would take an hour and 15 minutes. I knew I was only 25 minutes away, but | had to figure out where it was trying to take me. I ended up parked in front of a barn on the Wisconsin border. Litterally no businesses for miles. - 6 ...
r3solv 10y ago Wanted me to drive off a bridge that was under construction, as well as drive off a pier into the water. My GPS was trying to drown me. 7 ...
My_browsing 1y ago When they were new we paid for the Garmin option on a rental car. We put in the hotel address but wasn't sure it worked. We ended up in front of the Garmin offices in that city. Little fellow didn't know where to go so just took us home. 52 ...
Lizzy_Of_Galtar 1y ago I nearly drove my car into a dog park because my GPS said it was a road. 24 ...
Adventurous-Gap-139 1y ago We live close to the US/Canada border and a couple of years ago my adult daughter was visiting. I had gone to work & left her with a vehicle to explore if she wanted. Poor kid googled Best Buy and clicked on directions to the nearest one. She didn't realize that she had inadvertently chosen the one in Vancouver until she was having to explain herself to BP. 23 ...
Darkmeathook e 1y ago Years ago, while on vacation, | was trying to get some Starbucks. I was near the airport. | entered Starbucks in the GPS. It tried to take to the Starbucks in the airport 12 ...
Euphoric-Coat-7321 1y ago Once I was driving home from a friends house. she had just moved in and I had to drive through some area that had virtually no signal to get there... well I got lost going back home in this area... maps wasn't working so I resorted to using my outdated car GPS. it kept telling me to turn into a field of corn... I was near tears when a cop pulled me over and said are you okay? I've seen you driving in circles. I told him I had never been happier to be pulled over and
freezingprocess 1y ago | was using Google Maps at the time (a long time ago). I was trying to go to Dave & Busters. The map even said Dave and Busters Entertainment Center or something like that. However, the address it sent me to was some guy's house whose name was Dave Buster...on the other side of town. 65 ...
GoAdventuring 1y ago Back in the early days, my Garmin took me to the middle of a cow pasture when we were trying to get to the Grand Canyon. Pretty underwhelming, honestly. Don't see the draw... 120 ...
BatFace 1y ago A few years ago, in Arizona, my dad was driving and following the gps, mom told him she thought it was wrong, but he kept going. It took us 20 miles out into the desert on a random dirt road, just to tell us to make a u turn... 2 ...

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