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March 24, 2008, 12:55:59 AM

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Steered Wrong: Drivers Trust GPS Even to a Fault
If your GPS device told you to drive off a cliff would you do it?  ???

Norman Sussman nearly did. Mr. Sussman recently queried his GPS for an alternate route home after hitting traffic outside Santa Fe, N.M. Following the machine's directions, he veered up a winding mountain road, expecting to rejoin the interstate.

After a half-hour of hairpin turns, Mr. Sussman stepped on the brakes: The road ended at a guardrail and a 200-foot cliff. "It looked like a small version of the Grand Canyon," he says.  !amazed

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