http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/ Switched Comments for Aussie Family Stranded Three Days After Following GPS Into Outback http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/Aug 3rd 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/Aug 3rd 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/Aug 3rd 2010 2:24PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/
The actual story - family driving across Australia from Perth, on their way to Brisbane in Queensland had gotten as far as New South Wales and followed the GPS onto the closed road because they figured their car was rugged enough to 4 wheel it. It took 3 days for help to get to them because of the flooded road that they got bogged in.

You can't blame a GPS for this - last time in Australia a group of South Koreans did something similar back in May - they couldn't speak English (GPS was speaking Korean) - so they followed it blindly, even though there were signs saying NOT to go the way they did. Stupid is as stupid does!

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GPS=Waste of money

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I have found dozens of errors like this in my travels through all of the 48 continental United States. And, the companies who make the mapping data don't seem to want to make any effort to correct it.]]>Aug 3rd 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/Aug 3rd 2010 2:55PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/Aug 3rd 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/Aug 3rd 2010 8:48PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/Aug 3rd 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/Love our GPS but we carry maps and a compass and a tiny bit of common sense too...]]>Aug 3rd 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/
Do you think the signs, etc. outweigh the GPSs, etc? No way. We even had a large RV that was pulling a boat and trailer head down the road. It got stuck and had to be pulled out - after they had to take part of one of our neighbor's fence out!!! (Yep, the RV owners paid for the fence). Total idiots.]]>Aug 3rd 2010 2:48PMhttp://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/http://www.switched.com/2010/08/03/aussie-family-stranded-three-days-after-following-gps-into-outba/Aug 3rd 2010 3:14PM