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A British man successfully tested the boundaries of human stupidity when he followed his car's GPS navigation system to the edge of a cliff.West Yorkshire Police told the BBC that "officers received a call at 11:18 a.m. on Sunday, March 22 reporting that a BMW was hanging off the edge of a cliff off Bacup Road."
The driver, Robert Jones, had apparently decided not to disobey the navigational system's orders, even when he found himself on a steep, narrow footpath. He eventually stopped when the car hit a fence at the top of the aforementioned cliff.
Jones has been charged with "driving without due care and attention." We would like to charge him with being a moron, but that is (according to the Switched legal team) not a crime. At least the car stopped short, and he now has a lifetime to redeem himself in the eyes of everyone he knows. [From: BBC]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsjoelMar 25th 2009 4:06PM
darwinism at it's best, it's unreal how stupid people are. This guy should've gone over the cliff and spared the rest of us him procreating.
Markm MitchellMar 26th 2009 9:39AM
I really could not have said it better myself. Talk about trust in technology!
doomycotaMar 26th 2009 2:01PM
Um dude, you are stealing the wonderful and beautiful concept of evolution and applying it to social situations. They tried that at the turn of the 20th century, social darwinism is bulls@#t and is called pseudoscience. I am amazed how you can insult this guy for his stupidity when you yourself are misinformed about this unifying concept of biology.
First of all, evolution is change through reproduction and descent in a POPULATION, not an individual. Second claiming that someone is less evolved because they decided to follow a GPS device doesn't make them 'more or less evolved' than you or I; it just means they lack some common sense, something we all can attest to from time to time.
I won't even go into a diatribe about evolution, but I will say that you should pick up some literature about the subject before you start making claims about stupid people, even if you were making a joke, a bad joke at that.
Try insulting his common sense, or his dependence on electronic gadgets, that would be a lot funnier than saying 'darwinism at it's best'. Because 'darwinism' is not evolution, nor will it ever be.
BukatorMar 26th 2009 5:14PM
What a mistakasaur.
BukatorMar 26th 2009 5:22PM
haha doomycota...are u new to the internet?? I'm positive that guy doesn't care at all about the technical terms you're talking about. He was just calling the bmw guy an idiot. relax soldier...your science lectures are no good here.
Jason E.Mar 27th 2009 11:33AM
It's silly to chalk up the ignorant nature of the internet to being a static one. Every time you insult someone for clearing up facts, you contribute to that very ignorance.
123Mar 26th 2009 7:30PM
The driver, Robert Jones, had apparently decided not to disobey the navigational system's orders
double negative?
bazookajoe1Mar 26th 2009 10:29PM
This reminds me of the episode of the Office when Michael drives into a lake because the GPS in his rental car told him to.
BubblylimohireMar 27th 2009 2:30PM
This sounds so familiar, Many times a GPS system has lead me up the garden path. Wot happened to the old Atlas...... Never go wrong there.....
GodMar 27th 2009 2:49PM
Stupid yes,worthy of being ticketed? NO!
Is there anything they won't charge you for in the UK to go after people's money?
Ridiculous,take back your government.
GodMar 27th 2009 2:50PM
Stupid yes,worthy of being ticketed? NO!
Is there anything they won't charge you for in the UK to go after people's money?
Ridiculous,take back your government.
JimbobMar 30th 2009 5:04PM
Being from Blighty I think he should be charged. We've had quite a few stories of people driving into rivers, lakes and railway tracks because the GPS told them to. If you haven't got the common sense to know when the GPS is wrong you shouldn't have a driving licence.