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Alternative Intelligence

 

Here's what can happen when one blindly follows technology's artificial intelligence (or what Kellyanne Conway might term "alternative intelligence).


Smugglers' Notch Road in Stowe, VT, is a popular tourist stop during our lovely Vermont summers.  Part of route 108, it winds up, over, and down a steep mountain. There are sharp turns and narrows.

There are also road signs warning truckers not to take the route no matter what one's GPS might be directing drivers to do. 

GPS simply considers the road a short cut.
Apparently, truck drivers love themselves a short cut.



Seven trucks got stuck on the road in 2020. Assistance in getting these trucks unstuck is arduous and costly. Signs are posted that warn truckers not to attempt the route and inform drivers of substantial fines.

The first truck of this year got stuck yesterday -- last night at 11:30 PM actually.  The driver: Yes, I saw the signs but I was following my GPS. The Florida man was fined $3,500 and will be responsible for rescue costs.














Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM

    Hahaha!!! Man, what an idiot! Gigi hawaii

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  2. Arkansas PattiJune 28, 2022 at 2:51 PM

    We have a road like that here. It scares me in a car and trucks over 30 feet are banned. Never understood why people ignore perfectly sane warnings.

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  3. Linda ReederJune 28, 2022 at 3:44 PM

    Seems like a fair deal, fining the driver for not using "common sense".

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  4. Jenn JilksJune 28, 2022 at 6:54 PM

    What a silly thing to do. The signage is wasted! I did that once. No signage!

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  5. MaebemeJune 28, 2022 at 8:12 PM

    Oh boy, he certainly learned a hard lesson. We have similar issues with a couple of underpasses here in the city. Even the sign indicates the height, there are always a couple of truckers bound and determined to take their trucks through. It never ends well.

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  6. KayJuly 2, 2022 at 2:04 AM

    Oh ouch! That's lack of intelligence for you.

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  7. JoaredJuly 4, 2022 at 1:18 AM

    Mindlessly following GPS other AI is not too smart.

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  8. BarbaraJuly 4, 2022 at 9:49 PM

    Ok. I'm not going to say men drivers

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