But being born under the wrong road sign is a different and perhaps even more intractable problem.
For instance, if two crossings are close to each other neither will beep in case pedestrians are misled into walking out into oncoming traffic on the wrong road.
This thinking and the painfully long time it took DELL to learn it was wrong is precisely what led DELL down the wrong road and is the reason why DELL is still struggling to build a durable business model.
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His ambulance was hit by a Polish lorry driver who was driving on the wrong side of the road.
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The High Court in Glasgow heard Dickson was driving on the wrong side of the road due to "fatigue and alcohol".
Prosecutor Iain McSporran said there was no warning that a vehicle was coming and Dickson had driven on the wrong side of the road.
In one case, we actually went on the wrong side of the road and oncoming traffic had to pull off to the side to let us pass.
Mr McSporran said Dickson's driving was dangerous due to a combination of "fatigue and alcohol" and the fact he was "completely on the wrong side of the road" at the time.
The court was told she was drunk, driving at speeds estimated by witnesses as between 80 and 100mph and on the wrong side of the road at the time of the crash.
And some Twitter users pointed out the irony in that the new map system was unable to pinpoint an Apple store in Sydney, Australia, which it placed on the wrong side of the road.
Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court heard how Graham veered on to the wrong side of the road and her Audi Quattro crashed into a Renault Clio, being driven by 25 year old Hannah Shedden, writing off the Clio and leaving Miss Shedden with a broken collarbone and injured knee.
John Philpotts, prosecuting, said Bather then drove through a no-entry area along a slip road and went down the wrong side of a dual carriageway.
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At every step of the road I went the right way and you the wrong.
It is alleged she drove onto the wrong side of the A99 Wick to John O'Groats road on 21 September 2011.
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The police watchdog continues to appeal for information from anyone who saw a red Ford Mondeo travelling the wrong direction on the eastbound carriageway of the M4 near the Christchurch Road motorway bridge at around 0315 BST.
The outspoken Venter was adamant he "didn't do much wrong" after he became frustrated with his restricted view of the action at Welford Road following Sarries' 32-23 away defeat against Leicester on 8 May.
Mr Crace's road novel is vivid on its technologically regressive condition, although sketchy on the details of what went wrong.
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