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.