My GPS tried to send me to a corn maze in Ohio at 11pm

Last month I was driving home from a wedding near Columbus and my maps app decided a detour would save 4 minutes. It routed me down a gravel road that ended at a locked gate to a corn maze, no joke. The app kept saying 'proceed to route' while I sat there staring at a scarecrow with a strobe light. I had to backtrack 20 miles and got home 45 minutes late anyway. Anyone else have a navigation algorithm that insists on winning an argument with reality?

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jana_shah1mo ago

Wait, the app correctly knew that going through a corn maze gate would save you 4 minutes, but you gave up and sat there like a quitter? Honestly, the GPS was just trying to show you a shortcut through a clearly well-lit scarecrow situation, and you're the one who turned a 4 minute save into a 45 minute loss.