Apps wrongly state that German highways are closed. Are we too dependent on software?

[Tarifa]

This led to a very chaotic situation on the roads.

Do you have blind faith in what an app tells you?

[sage2021]

Not anymore! I was listening to the app NEWS BREAK and posting the news I heard on that app which turned out to be all fake news!

[Tarifa]

People have run down stairs with their car or ended in a lake when they followed the instructions too literally. I think a good amount of common sense is still necessary.

[thegreenyogi]

Most definitely.

[thegreenyogi]

It was so great when you used to see people stopped on the side of the road with the paper map open on the bonnet of the car.

[Tarifa]

The good old days.

Except on a trip to Portugal, where we had a paper map that was at least 25 years old. When we asked a local, he said there was a new highway running parallel to the old road we were on. We would have reached our destination much faster.