This reminds me of a story.
Many years ago I attended a wedding in rural Ohio, and to impress a girl I attempted to guide her back home afterwards by having her car follow mine. This was stupid for a number of reasons.
First, I have a terrible sense of direction. I got us lost immediately. Second, I kept making left turns in some vain attempt at brute forcing a solution. Third, once it became apparent that I was leading us in circles, I kept doing that until a local cop pulled us over and told us where to go.