Many agents are using GPS systems to help them navigate around town. There are some really nifty systems that talk to you and tell you exactly what to do. After a while, it's easy to go on autopilot and follow the commands of the nice GPS voice. I've heard that some people actually give their GPS a name.
I still haven't jumped on the GPS bandwagon. I bought one a few years ago and tried it out. I did a real map like I always do vs. allowing the GPS software to plot out a tour of homes. A few times I noticed that the GPS software would take me off onto a non-existent road. There might have been plans for a road there but for whatever reason, it was never built. I had this vision of me and my clients in the middle of a cow pasture.
A driver of a minibus in Poland actually drove his bus into a lake because his GPS told him to:
"There used to be a road there until last year until the local water company flooded the valley to build a new reservoir lake," said one police source.
"It seems that the GPS hadn't been updated and was still showing a usable road running through where the lake now is. It's a huge lake and it's hard to imagine how you could ignore or not see it, but he certainly managed it.
"The driver had such faith in his sat-nav that he didn't even notice all the traffic signs saying the road had been closed," they added.
So be careful with your GPS system. Don't let it's calm voice lull you into a false sense of security as it's directing you to drive off a cliff.
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