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

[John Bacon]

Yes GPS is fun. you are right just ignoring what the computer says make it 
even more exciting. I think the make of the U-Turn GPS needs to recalculate 
there software. WOW.

JOHN


> 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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