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by josephlord 4487 days ago
Firstly if the road sign says no entry don't go down it because the sat nav says to, there are plenty of mistakes in all sat navs and maps and even if there weren't there are changes they can't keep up with, roadworks etc.

I wondered what sort of international airport can you drive onto the runway of without being stopped so I looked it up:

http://dot.alaska.gov/faiiap/pdfs/GA_Control_Surf.pdf

It's the Alaskan sort secured by yellow lines and red signs. Now I'm not saying Apple isn't at fault here but I would put greater blame on the airport. I would expect if not manned or electronic gates with an intercom at least there should be a barrier the of some sort to act as a warning. I'm not sure signs and lines are enough for something like an airport.

I guess being Alaska manning gates/opening windows or getting out of cars are seriously unappealing activities in the Winter.