Kyle Boatright wrote:

The GPS started giving believable information, and things were right with
the world again.

It all proves that even a GPS isn't a good substitute for maintaining
situational awareness.

My satnav is configured to give me a dot indicating the actual GPS
placement along with the directional arrow that the system software
snaps to the road that it thinks you're on (this is how most car
systems work), and you'd be surprised at how often the map data isn't
quite correct. A section of Rt. 50 in DC Metro is mapped offset
probably 100 feet from where the road actually is, for example...my nav
would show me on the wrong side of the divided 6-lane for about 1/4
mile or so.