Obedient motorist crashes on satnav command
01-17-2007, 02:40 PM
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Obedient motorist crashes on satnav command
Now another obstacle to be aware of as we increase our actions because of the rapid growth of technology.
Obedient motorist crashes on satnav command Tue Jan 16, 9:02 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 46-year-old German motorist driving along a busy road suddenly veered to the left and ended up stuck on a railway track -- because his satellite navigation system told him to, police said Sunday.
The motorist was heading into the north German city of Bremen "when the friendly voice from his satnav told him to turn left," a spokesman said.
"He did what he was ordered to do and turned his Audi left up over the curb and onto the track of a local streetcar line. He tried to back up off the track but got completely stuck."
The police spokesman said about a dozen trams were held up until a tow truck arrived to clear the car off the track.
Several German motorists have crashed their cars in recent months, later telling police they were only obeying orders from their satnavs.
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 46-year-old German motorist driving along a busy road suddenly veered to the left and ended up stuck on a railway track -- because his satellite navigation system told him to, police said Sunday.
The motorist was heading into the north German city of Bremen "when the friendly voice from his satnav told him to turn left," a spokesman said.
"He did what he was ordered to do and turned his Audi left up over the curb and onto the track of a local streetcar line. He tried to back up off the track but got completely stuck."
The police spokesman said about a dozen trams were held up until a tow truck arrived to clear the car off the track.
Several German motorists have crashed their cars in recent months, later telling police they were only obeying orders from their satnavs.
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RE: Obedient motorist crashes on satnav command
ORIGINAL: TechmanBD
Now another obstacle to be aware of as we increase our actions because of the rapid growth of technology.
Now another obstacle to be aware of as we increase our actions because of the rapid growth of technology.
Obedient motorist crashes on satnav command Tue Jan 16, 9:02 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 46-year-old German motorist driving along a busy road suddenly veered to the left and ended up stuck on a railway track -- because his satellite navigation system told him to, police said Sunday.
The motorist was heading into the north German city of Bremen "when the friendly voice from his satnav told him to turn left," a spokesman said.
"He did what he was ordered to do and turned his Audi left up over the curb and onto the track of a local streetcar line. He tried to back up off the track but got completely stuck."
The police spokesman said about a dozen trams were held up until a tow truck arrived to clear the car off the track.
Several German motorists have crashed their cars in recent months, later telling police they were only obeying orders from their satnavs.
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 46-year-old German motorist driving along a busy road suddenly veered to the left and ended up stuck on a railway track -- because his satellite navigation system told him to, police said Sunday.
The motorist was heading into the north German city of Bremen "when the friendly voice from his satnav told him to turn left," a spokesman said.
"He did what he was ordered to do and turned his Audi left up over the curb and onto the track of a local streetcar line. He tried to back up off the track but got completely stuck."
The police spokesman said about a dozen trams were held up until a tow truck arrived to clear the car off the track.
Several German motorists have crashed their cars in recent months, later telling police they were only obeying orders from their satnavs.
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RE: Obedient motorist crashes on satnav command
It makes you wonder how some people survive in the this world?
The strong survive and the dummies will perish......somehow that is not the saying I was thinking of???? LOL!
The strong survive and the dummies will perish......somehow that is not the saying I was thinking of???? LOL!
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For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
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ORIGINAL: Jeremiah 29:11
It makes you wonder how some people survive in the this world?
The strong survive and the dummies will perish......somehow that is not the saying I was thinking of???? LOL!
It makes you wonder how some people survive in the this world?
The strong survive and the dummies will perish......somehow that is not the saying I was thinking of???? LOL!
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RE: Obedient motorist crashes on satnav command
Now that is funny! LOL!
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RE: Obedient motorist crashes on satnav command
Yes I think that was on "Jay Walk" (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) one time. My mom got so disgusted when she heard that, and geography isn't one of her strengths. Another time I think they might have got the same fools and asked them how the crack was developed in the Liberty Bell "I think someone dropped it." And they wonder why our education system is in trouble, the Pink Panther has taught them that myth in the form of a joke.
And they wonder why our education system is in trouble, the Pink Panther has taught them that myth in the form of a joke.
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