[Az-Geocaching] GPS Tells Motorist To Do U-Turn On Expressway...So He Does

[Brian Casteel]

Meh.  I don't listen because I believe him, but the entertainment value
passes the time.

Brian
Team A.I.

> No, I heard about it at work.  I don't listen to the
> hate monger rantings of Rush.
>
> Bob
> --- Brian Casteel <bcasteel at uccinc.net> 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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