[Scan-DC] GPS Tells Elderly Motorist To Do U-TurnOnExpressway...So He Does

[Tom Dawson]

While traveling last year, I had one of those navigators in the rental car. 
It was fairly useful, but after a while I discovered it was more fun to 
ignore the directions and listen to it recalculate then try to give me 
directions.  It almost sounded frustrated after a while.  Great fun.  (It 
was a rough trip).

The other amusing thing was to try to find something like the nearest 
Friendly Ice Cream Restaurant.........If you start in Florida, it will give 
you instructions to drive north on I-95 798 miles to some exit then give you 
the side roads to the restaurant.   I wonder how many folks would do that?


Tom


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dewey" <dewey3 at cops.org>
To: <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:14 AM
Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] GPS Tells Elderly Motorist To Do 
U-TurnOnExpressway...So He Does


> Very interesting!!!
>
> I have the feeling that many scanner hobbiests are also into GPS (as I 
> am).
> Something 'bout those electronic what-cha-ma-thingy's (scanners, 
> computers,
> GPSs, etc) that have a draw on us!
>
> Dewey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of dehm
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 09:00
> To: scan-dc
> Subject: [Scan-DC] GPS Tells Elderly Motorist To Do U-Turn
> OnExpressway...So He Does
>
>
> While looking through the news the other day I came accross this
> article in which a man literally follows the direction of his GPS....
> how unfortunate
>
> --
> URL:  http://www.spacedaily.com/news/gps-04zzzzm.html
> --
>
> GPS Tells Elderly 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."
>
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