Category: Telematics

Four reasons your drivers trust their devices even when they lie

It’s happened yet again.

A trucker in mid-September drove his 18-wheeler on a pedestrian-only New Jersey boardwalk for nearly three miles before being stopped by a police officer. The driver, whose truck damaged 100 ft. of railing and the boardwalk during its removal, told police that he was just following his GPS. This was the second time in two months that a truck took the boardwalk route.

Following a GPS-suggested route is commonplace, but why wouldn’t drivers stop immediately when they realized they were no longer on a road?

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Four reasons your drivers trust their devices even when they lie

It’s happened yet again.

A trucker in mid-September drove his 18-wheeler on a pedestrian-only New Jersey boardwalk for nearly three miles before being stopped by a police officer. The driver, whose truck damaged 100 ft. of railing and the boardwalk during its removal, told police that he was just following his GPS. This was the second time in two months that a truck took the boardwalk route.

Following a GPS-suggested route is commonplace, but why wouldn’t drivers stop immediately when they realized they were no longer on a road?

read more