GPS Mislead Drivers in N.J. City

It has been confirmed that some drivers in Secaucus, N. J. City were led astray by the use of the GPS technology. Such drivers drove their vehicles into dead end road despite obtaining contrary information from their GPS device.

The fact that this electronic maps does not show a gate that separates residential and industrial areas has misled truck drivers relying on GPS devices and online map to show them the route to an industrial area are instead running into a road block.

Some of the residents who experienced this rather unpleasant occurrence complaint about the nuisance such truck could be while trying to route their way back to their destination. According to Mayor Dennis Elwell, residents on Fifth Street started complaining about trucks clogging their street about a year ago as GPS devices increased in popularity. Some drivers have to call police to open the gate because their trucks are too big to turn around.

While speaking in defense of the GPS makers, Garmin International spokesman Jake Jacobson says the GPS maker has to receive a request or complaint and go through a thorough process before maps can be changed. Therefore GPS maps might not contain the most recent information as regards road block.