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The GPS did not lead them into the wilderness-- they did it on their own.
They clearly stated in interviews that they saw an old unkept road on the maps and decided that it was a more direct route to their destination and thus took it. Most everyone, one would think, would second guess that decision based on the snow storm, the size of the road, the fact that they were not near substantial cities and not take that road. It was not the fault of the technology, but human error.
GPS is there to assist a driver, not be their brain and logic center. I worked for the world leader of GPS technology for five years and some of the stories of morons that came in were just mind blowing; people clearly seeing that the road ended at the entrance of a lake yet kept driving, people almost following a route off a road, pilots flying in restricted airspace because they weren't using an aviation unit, etc. There are certainly errors in mapping and all mapping companies will admit that-- there is no perfect map-- but most accidents and mistakes are made by the person using the device, not the manufacturer or cartographer. Just my two cents.