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We've seen some pretty extreme cases of excessive faith in GPS, but this may well be the first instance of the ill-advised practice nearly exactly repeating itself. As you may recall, earlier this year a Bedford Hills, New York man trusted his GPS so much that he apparently thought it was perfectly reasonable to follow the directions directly onto a set of train tracks. That didn't exactly work out so well, for his car or the oncoming train.
Now, as The Journal News reports, another man followed his GPS onto the very same set of tracks last night and, while he did get out in time to make a surely embarrasing 911 call, that apparently wasn't enough to prevent a commuter train from slamming into the car a few minutes later, causing an hour and a half delay but, thankfully, no injuries. Maybe it's time for some signs?
Now, as The Journal News reports, another man followed his GPS onto the very same set of tracks last night and, while he did get out in time to make a surely embarrasing 911 call, that apparently wasn't enough to prevent a commuter train from slamming into the car a few minutes later, causing an hour and a half delay but, thankfully, no injuries. Maybe it's time for some signs?
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Subscribe to commentsDaveJan 3rd 2009 2:17PM
He must have requested the most direct route to the train station.
TonyJan 4th 2009 12:13PM
Amazingly, I've driven three million miles in everything from a Chevy Metro to a triple-trailer big truck, and I've yet to need a computer to do my thinking for me, or tell me where to go. I've been stuck with a couple co-drivers who, sadly, did insist on trusting the damn things, with less-than-impressive results.
NickMar 1st 2009 4:51PM
MapQuest is the worst sometimes.
On a trip from FL to MO, I used MapQuest - printing the directions to take with me. They told me to get on a particular highway and take it for 4 miles (and said several minutes next to it) - before entering another highway. The actual route lasted over an hour and was well over 60 miles. A big difference from 4.
Numerous times it has said to make a u-turn when it should be a right hand turn; and I've had it happen where it actually gave me a route that took me in a basic circle / square, making 4 lefts and essentially ending up right where I started out.
I prefer looking at the maps myself, calling for directions or doing a combo of both. Both GPS and MapQuest proves to be too unreliable.
larrikinMay 20th 2009 8:46AM
In most states its against the law to have a DVD player or TV in the front seat area of a car-because it can distract drivers. What is the difference when it is a GPS System?
These poor numnuts were probably trying to read the letters and directions in the same size type we're using now at road speed, and I'm having a hard time reading my typing. Planes and boats need GPS , ELT devices for any transport device is OK, like on star etc, planer crash location beacons.If you can use a road map to go a few miles than you more than likely can't find you own butt with 2 hands.
RobMay 20th 2009 11:12AM
This is just natural selection stepping into the 21st century.