# Woman Obeys GPS That "Told" Her To Exit Onto Railroad Tracks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Safety\ **Created:** [November 24, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473 "2018-11-24T17:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473/1 "2018-11-24T17:35:24Z")
> [@common\_sense\_answer](#): > > [Pennsylvania woman guided by GPS drives onto railroad tracks](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/11/24/pennsylvania-woman-guided-gps-drives-onto-railroad-tracks/2100458002/) Should these folks be sharing the roads with us? _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473/2 "2018-11-24T17:38:19Z")
I worry more about the many who text. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473/3 "2018-11-24T17:59:39Z")
drive down the road that is flooded? you can see the water? but your brain assumes the gps knows better? i see the train tracks. hmm, i have never thought it was ok to drive on them but, the gps says it is the proper route? i think the cops should revoke her license. as if that might slow her down? ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473/4 "2018-11-24T18:35:41Z")
Stuff like this happens when the GPS maps aren’t updated. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473/5 "2018-11-24T18:44:40Z")
Good thing the tracks were clear! Your car kissing headlights with a freight train could ruin your whole day! _ **CSA** _ 🌴🕶🌴 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473/6 "2018-11-24T22:07:33Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > Stuff like this happens when the GPS maps aren’t updated. It could be from lack of updates, But it could also have been done on purpose by the map maker. ALL maps have errors on them, they are there so the map maker knows if someone copied their map. The errors can be anything from putting a road where no road exists, to not putting a road on the map, or miss spelled names. The GPS maker assumes the driver is smart enough to tell that a road isn’t there and not to take that turn. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473/7 "2018-11-24T22:15:52Z")
I wonder if there is criminal liability for encouraging people to kill themselves. On that basis, I’m skeptical of your assertion about dangerous Easter eggs in the maps. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473/8 "2018-11-24T22:25:01Z")
> **[Map Traps: Intentional Mapping Errors to Combat Plagiarism](https://www.geographyrealm.com/map-traps-intentional-mapping-errors-combat-plagiarism/)** > > Mapmakers have been known to create trap streets, which are fictional streets inserted on a map with the intention of fighting plagiarism. > [@](#): > > mapmakers have been known to slip in what are called trap streets, fictional streets inserted on a map which the intention of fighting plagiarism… If a violator of copyright produces another map with the same fake street or town, they might be guilty of piracy. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/woman-obeys-gps-that-told-her-to-exit-onto-railroad-tracks/129473/9 "2018-11-24T22:41:58Z")
That may be true for printed and copyrighted material but I doubt it for the GPS units. I think the difference by manufacture is of features and lists of services .