More a display of stupidity than ignorance
I knew a teacher who once told us how she was trying to get to Cardiff from Bristol. And she ended up in Exeter or somewhere, car broken, crying her little eyes out while she phoned her fiance to ask how to fix the car. He (obviously being well aware of how stupid she was) told her to describe what was going on, and she obliged. When he couldn't figure it out, he hung up to go find the AA's number, and another driver stopped to see if he could help her. After a moment of poking back he came back with a funny look on his face and pointed out that her petrol gauge was empty. She hadn't realised what that gauge was for (she just filled up whether she needed to or not apparantly). She taught us science unbelievably
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 17:26, 4 replies)

if she ended up in Exeter
she'd gone very much the wrong way
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 17:27, closed)

it was Exeter or Dover

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 17:52, closed)

christ, if it was Dover then she really badly fucked up

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 18:30, closed)

I read about someone who got locked in her car when her keyfob's batteries ran out.
She'd never been in a car with manual-only locks so she didn't know you could just pull the locks up.
( Bob Todd whee, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 23:52, closed)