No, I heard about it at work. I don't listen to the hate monger rantings of Rush. Bob --- Brian Casteel wrote: > I take it you heard about this on Rush? > > Brian > Team A.I. > > > GPS Tells Motorist To Do U-Turn On Expressway...So > He > > Does > > > > Nancy, France (AFP) > > Nov 30, 2004 > > > > An elderly motorist driving along a 130-kilometre > > (80-mile) an hour expressway in eastern France > caused > > an accident when he followed the advice of his > onboard > > GPS computer - and made a U-turn to drive into > > the high-speed traffic. Police said the hapless > > 78-year-old driver, who was not named, and the > > occupants > > of the vehicle he ran into escaped unharmed from > the > > collision late Sunday, but it could have been much > > worse. > > > > The man told officers his car GPS had told him to > > "make a U-turn immediately" as he drove along lost > on > > the autoroute near the town of Nancy in search of > a > > hotel. He did so, not realising the limitations of > his > > satellite navigation device, which guides using > verbal > > directions. "It's not the first time we've had a > GPS > > incident," one of the officers said, recalling the > > time a police vehicle found itself face-to-face > with a > > motorist going the wrong way in accordance with > his > > computer's instructions. > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile > phone. > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Az-Geocaching mailing list > listserv@azgeocaching.com > > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe > visit: > > > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe > visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com