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

[John Bacon]

As I read more into the article. It says this is not the first time a GPS 
has done that. It happened to a Police Officer who was using it to get 
directions to an incident. I think it's just a France thing.

JOHN


> 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
>
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> URL:  http://www.spacedaily.com/news/gps-04zzzzm.html
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>
> 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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>
> I hope this wasn't too off topic..
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