Originally Posted by DrJerry
FWIW. There was a guy a year or two who had a GPS in his car. He got into Oregon mountains in the winter and GPS led him astray. It was fatal. They don't show snowbanks and washed out roads. Something to consider
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The GPS didn't lead him astray. He was just too inexperienced to know that a car with 1 foot of ground clearance does not do well in 2 feet of snow, and 4 wheel drive is not always the answer. Common sense should have indicated that the road was not a good one to take. A GPS can not tell you how much snow is on a road or know if it is winter or summer.