And this is what happens when you follow your GPS blindly!
01-15-2001, 06:41 PM
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And this is what happens when you follow your GPS blindly!
"Peter G. Neumann" <Neumann@csl.sri.com>
Mon, 28 Dec 1998 09:30:46 -0500
A German couple drove their BMW with great confidence under control of its
computerized satellite navigation. Indeed, they drove it past a stop sign,
down a ferry ramp, and into the Havel River in Caputh, near Potsdam/Berlin,
Germany. The computer system reportedly neglected to tell them they needed
to wait for the ferry. Ship traffic was stopped for two hours, but the
couple was OK.
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Mon, 28 Dec 1998 09:30:46 -0500
A German couple drove their BMW with great confidence under control of its
computerized satellite navigation. Indeed, they drove it past a stop sign,
down a ferry ramp, and into the Havel River in Caputh, near Potsdam/Berlin,
Germany. The computer system reportedly neglected to tell them they needed
to wait for the ferry. Ship traffic was stopped for two hours, but the
couple was OK.
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01-15-2001, 06:51 PM
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robb m.
robb m.
That's funny!
And I bet they aren't the only people to have done that
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And I bet they aren't the only people to have done that
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01-15-2001, 09:24 PM
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and they prolly won't be the last either. heheh. (knock on wood)
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Its all fun and games til someone loses an eye. Then its just fun.
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Its all fun and games til someone loses an eye. Then its just fun.
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01-15-2001, 09:51 PM
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That is very funny!
BTW -- I've seen our system show fire roads *and* deer paths in the hills that appear on the map, but don't go anywhere or are dead-ends!
BTW -- I've seen our system show fire roads *and* deer paths in the hills that appear on the map, but don't go anywhere or are dead-ends!
01-15-2001, 10:21 PM
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HAHA...good thing I don't have GPS. I think I would do the same thing....I like to drive aimlessly while bored!
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That's why we have to see the disclaimer every time we start the car. Stupid people and lawyers: shoot 'em all!
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01-15-2001, 10:44 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mdaniel:
That's why we have to see the disclaimer every time we start the car. Stupid people and lawyers: shoot 'em all!
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That's why we have to see the disclaimer every time we start the car. Stupid people and lawyers: shoot 'em all!
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01-16-2001, 03:53 AM
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Actually what happens ocassionally is when you are really, really looking to go someplace and the Navi says "turn here" but there is no road there [anymore] and you hesitate, looking, where to go?
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