Relying too much on technology

June 6th, 2008

As i was looking at the directions to a store on Google maps, i noticed that they’ve added a new functionality to click on each route turn point and see the “street view” shots. Here is how one of the exits off highway 87 looks on Google:

CA 87 exit C1

and if you manage to find your way through the parking lot, you’ll just need to drive through another house to get to Santa Teresa:

CA 87 exit C1

Reminds me of an episode in “The Office” where the boss drove the car into the lake a couple of yards before the bridge, just because the GPS lady told him to :)

Update: deciding to go a little bit further to Santa Teresa, Google would like you to go against the traffic:

Santa Teresa fast and furious

and once you make it to the intersection, turn on red:

Santa Teresa fast and furious