It would be worse if I looked at maps.

I like the cell phone telling me my ETA and mileage left to drive.

And telling me where to turn etc.

I’m literally lost without it.

...means they’re talking about Waze, with its inconvenient capability of showing where current police activity and/or speed traps are located.

...winds up driving the wrong way on an interstate freeway for twenty miles.

same thing with Garmins, Tom Tom's etc. Maps change, road changes new, disused, construction, incomplete bridges, etc. Manyh of those devices require you to hook it up to the computer to download the new stuff.

how well they work in most populated places but I do know that around here, in the mountains, they are dangerous for those unfamiliar with the area. We have to tell people, regularly, that they can't rely on them in this part of the planet.

And driving the wrong way down the Interstate is not a bad as some fates people suffer when they rely on them too much. Get a fucking map, learn how to use it and pull over or study it ahead of time for christfuckingsakes.

People who rely on those damned things for too much are like the idiots who show up at Yellowstone NP (elev. 6700ft - 9000+ft) in flipflops, tank tops and shorts in September demanding to know where the Walmart is so they can get some cheap clothes... two hours minimum from the nearest big box stores.