J.Rai
01-16-2007, 11:19 AM
I've actually read a couple news stories about this every month for the last several months now. I keep thinking I'm reading the same one but the dates and people are always different.
Reuters: Obedient Motorist crashes on Satnav command (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-01-16T140217Z_01_L14116572_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMANY-SATNAV.xml&src=rss)
"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..."
Well say what you want about the Germans, but they are particularly good at following orders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Defense).
Reuters: Obedient Motorist crashes on Satnav command (http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-01-16T140217Z_01_L14116572_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMANY-SATNAV.xml&src=rss)
"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..."
Well say what you want about the Germans, but they are particularly good at following orders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Defense).