Milner also relates how the park rangers in Death Valley National Park have the term “death by GPS.” It refers to park users who follow their GPS and then die:
"It describes what happens when GPS fails you, not by being wrong, exactly, but often by being too right. It does such a good job of computing the most direct route from Point A to Point B that it takes you down roads which barely exist, or were used at one time and abandoned, or are not suitable for your car, or which require all kinds of local knowledge that would make you aware that making that turn is bad news."
-as taken from this Tyler Cowen post
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