Car tells driver to do freeway U-turn
From correspondents in Nancy
01dec04

AN elderly motorist driving along a 130km/h expressway in eastern France caused
a crash when he followed the advice of his onboard GPS computer - and made a
U-turn.

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 on
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 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.

(Radioman390) writes:

Car tells driver to do freeway U-turn
From correspondents in Nancy
01dec04

AN elderly motorist driving along a 130km/h expressway in eastern France caused
a crash when he followed the advice of his onboard GPS computer - and made a
U-turn.

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 on
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 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.

Seems to me a person who would be that stupid is probably ill equipped
to own a GPS receiver. Even worse a police vehicle!

-A

"Al Arduengo" wrote in message
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(Radioman390) writes:


"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.

Seems to me a person who would be that stupid is probably ill equipped
to own a GPS receiver. Even worse a police vehicle!

You might want to reread that last paragraph.

In article 2gGrd.8132$1z5.6038@trnddc06, honus1
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"Al Arduengo" wrote in message
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(Radioman390) writes:


"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.

Seems to me a person who would be that stupid is probably ill equipped
to own a GPS receiver. Even worse a police vehicle!

You might want to reread that last paragraph.



Doh! Ok, the gps user is stupid. Not the law officer. :-/

"Al Arduengo" wrote in message
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In article 2gGrd.8132$1z5.6038@trnddc06, honus1
@earthlink.net.is.invalid says...

"Al Arduengo" wrote in message
...
(Radioman390) writes:


"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.

Seems to me a person who would be that stupid is probably ill equipped
to own a GPS receiver. Even worse a police vehicle!

You might want to reread that last paragraph.



Doh! Ok, the gps user is stupid. Not the law officer. :-/

Oh, I wouldn't go that far. g You never know.