An interesting snippet from the wire service this morning:
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German motorist followed the command “Turn right now!” from his navigation system and crashed into a small toilet hut by the side of the road — about 30 yards before the crossing he was meant to take.
The overly obedient 53-year-old from Freiburg drove his sport utility vehicle off the road onto into a building site, up a stairway and into the small toilet shack, police in the eastern town of Rudolstadt said Sunday.
It caused 2,000 euros ($2,500) worth of damage to the stairway, 100 euros damage to his car, and he was also fined 35 euros.
Earlier this month an 80-year-old motorist also chose to follow his navigation system and ignored a “closed for construction” sign on a Hamburg motorway. He then crashed into a pile of sand but neither he nor his passenger were injured.
Even with a GPS navigation system, you still need to know where you’re going and make your own decisions. They’re 99% accurate in my experience and that 1% error margin can be dangerous!
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I’ve usually had the opposite problem, probably due to some lag, I’ve driven past the point where I was supposed to turn and then had the GPS tell me that I missed it, and that I must be choosing to take a different route. Sometimes it doesn’t sound that polite
(Something short of “Hey dummy, you just missed your turn!”)
I would be tempted to say, “Even with a GPS system, you still need to remember that you have a brain and to use it in partnership with the system.” How many support calls do you think that would generate?
Doug, I’ve had that experience as well. Connie, so true….
Ironically I actually read this earlier from another post. It’s curious how much travels around. But keep sending the anecdotes man. I loves ‘em.
B
PS Tell the grrrls thanks for the princess pix, so cute.