Man "trusts" his GPS, Nearly Drives Off Cliff

[DREDIOCK]

This HAD to be one of you guys.
Ok fess up. who is it? LOL

"A shocked driver is today facing a careless driving charge after his sat-nav left his BMW teetering on the edge of a cliff.
Robert Jones said he trusted the gadget and continued to follow its instructions, even when it took him up a steep, narrow footpath.
He only realised something was wrong when his car hit a fence and came to a stop just inches from a 100ft drop.
The 43-year-old, who works as a delivery driver, described the incident as a 'nightmare'.
He said 'It kept insisting the path was a road, even as it was getting narrower and steeper, so I just trusted it."


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164705/BMW-left-teetering-100ft-cliff-edge-sat-nav-directs-driver-steep-footpath.html

[crazyivan]

I bet the nav system was right. He would of made it down the hill in about 2 seconds!

[Spikes]

I bet the nav system was right. He would of made it down the hill in about 2 seconds!

[oakranger]

I bet the nav system was right. He would of made it down the hill in about 2 seconds!

LOL,  That's what happen when you relied on technology.  Most americans couldn't point north.

[Ack-Ack]

There was an elderly man that fell off one of the cliffs at the Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.  He had one of those self-moving golf bags, the kind were you wore an IR belt and when on would move the bag as you walked.  The key to this is that you have to turn off the IR switch to approach your bag to get a club, otherwise it would keep moving as you approached it.  Anyway, the old man approaches his bag and it moves away from him, so he approaches it again and it again moves away from him.  Undaunted, the old man rushes the bag, only to have the bag move away again with the old man chasing it in hot pursuit over the cliff.  Lucky for the old guy, he landed on a shelf about 15 feet down, though his bag was not as lucky, hitting the beach, scattering his clubs all over which were then promptly stolen before they could be recovered. 

Technology has a wicked sense of humor.

ack-ack

[Seafit]

'Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet.'  - Douglas Adams

I'll be sticking to maps.

[sntslilhlpr6601]

"who works as a delivery driver" 

[Treize69]

And my friends wonder why I don't want to plop down several hundred bucks to get a satnav system installed in my car. I do just fine with maps, TYVM.

[oakranger]

i just drive, it is bound to take my somewhere.

[Marauding Conan]

And my friends wonder why I don't want to plop down several hundred bucks to get a satnav system installed in my car. I do just fine with maps, TYVM.

Different situation here in Europe. Driving in the US is pleasure compared to the old cities ie. city centers. This steams from some cities dating back 2000 years. Where as in the US cities are laid out in squares, here we have lay outs from different ages which renders maps extremely difficult to read while you are driving.

While I was living in Miami, just looking at an address told me exactly where it was and how to get there (keep in mind that Miami only got developed in the last 60 years). Here in Glasgow, a road might have been cut in 3 different locations and overlaid by either buildings, parks or other roads in the course of the development in the last 1000 years. So, you can't simply follow the road. Thus, I have to use a GPS while I am driving here.

Even walking in some cities here would require you to use a compass. Amsterdam is a classic example, the city was set out circles, so compass are an absolute necessity.

[Treize69]

Where as in the US cities are laid out in squares...

 

Oh thanks, I needed that...

You've obviously never driven any of the cities in the New York/New England area. Utica/Rome and Syracuse look like they were laid down by an inmate from Arkham.

[RTHolmes]

what a dumb***

equally worrying: 9 hours to recover an undamaged vehicle

[Marauding Conan]

Oh thanks, I needed that...

You've obviously never driven any of the cities in the New York/New England area. Utica/Rome and Syracuse look like they were laid down by an inmate from Arkham.

Nah, you are right. I never cared to cross the dixie line while I was on the US.

[druski85]

Oh thanks, I needed that...

You've obviously never driven any of the cities in the New York/New England area. Utica/Rome and Syracuse look like they were laid down by an inmate from Arkham.

Exact same reaction I had.  Living in DC for a while now after growing up in Rochester / Syracuse has diminished my ability to navigate absurd street patterns. 

Also, I once followed my GPS which effectively led my 96' Camry into an off-roading adventure, which it promptly dominated.  (that car is a friggin beast, somehow)  It was essentially sending me down a long-abandoned pedestrian path in Elmira NY, which I followed really for the entertainment factor.  Turns out, it was actually an awesome (but probably illegal) shortcut.   

[Treize69]

Exact same reaction I had.  Living in DC for a while now after growing up in Rochester / Syracuse has diminished my ability to navigate absurd street patterns. 

Also, I once followed my GPS which effectively led my 96' Camry into an off-roading adventure, which it promptly dominated.  (that car is a friggin beast, somehow)  It was essentially sending me down a long-abandoned pedestrian path in Elmira NY, which I followed really for the entertainment factor.  Turns out, it was actually an awesome (but probably illegal) shortcut.   

I've seen abandoned pre-WWII military and logging roads in the Adirondacks show up on my friends GPS in-car when they drive in road trips. Thats just scary.