Sat nav driver's car hit by train

[Mandy]

Why is she blaming the Sat nav ? Unmanned crossings are (unfortunately) quite common.

[Skylace]

She's blaming them because she's an idiot and doesn't want to take responsibility for being an idiot.

Most navigation systems (just like online maps etc) always give you warnings that things may not be marked. They're not perfect.

She's a plonker for sure.

[Marcella-FL]

am I the only one thinking the boyfriend was trying to kill her? He couldn't tell her about the crazy crossings in Wales?

[luke]

shes stupid

those kinda crossings arn't unique to wales, we have them in england as well - but theres always signs before them, that girl should have been paying attention - she can't blame sat nav for her not paying attention - the police should have made a point of that.

women drivers eh

[nekokate]

This is what happens when people use technology in place of their brains instead of alongside their brains.

"I didn't know I was on a train track" is right up there with "I can't see the forest for all these trees".

[major.tom]

[Mandy]

[Aja]

[Brown Sauce]

Isn't there something in the driving examination that tests for blindness?

[6ULDV8]

I commented elsewhere on this news when it broke yesterday...

My slant on it is as follows:

Woman steals mans gadget, wrecks car due to lack of brain activity, blames gadget to cover the fact that she stole it from the man & as an attempt to avoid charges of driving whilst brain dead... Perhaps in the hopes to get both the car & gadget replaced by insurance.

Local police agree to the gadget being at fault due to the lack of the local police not having such gadgets & being highly jealous of such technologies.
(Ohh & the fact that the local cops fancied the brain dead bimbo).

[Skylace]

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White van and driver airlifted to safety after satnav error sends him to top of mountain
28th September 2010

This white van man had a lucky escape after his satnav sent him to the top of a mountain by mistake. Driver Robert Ziegler, 37, found himself stranded near the peak at Bergun, Switzerland, after he was directed up a 'glorified goat track'. Unable to go forward or turn around to go back the way he came, he was forced to call the emergency services.

Rescue workers scrambled a heavy lifting helicopter to carry the van and its driver to safety after he dialed for help on his mobile phone. 'I was lost and I kept hoping that each little turn would get me back to the main road. In the end it told me to turn around but of course I couldn't by then,' Mr Ziegler told police. A fire brigade spokesman said: 'He claims he didn't see any footpath signs but he must have been a pretty fair driver to get that far up a glorified goat track.'

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[luke]

Canadian drives into a marsh using GPS
A Canadian woman had to be rescued from the roof of her submerged car after driving into an isolated marsh as she relied on GPS navigation, police said Wednesday.



The Ontario Provincial Police said the woman called 911 emergency services on her cellphone for help, after she became lost on her way to work east of Toronto late Tuesday.

"She advised she was standing on top of her car as it was submerged in a heavy marsh," police said in a statement. "She was following her GPS (Global Positioning System) directions and became lost."

The vehicle had become stuck in mud and quickly began filling up with water.

Rescuers searched the conservation area until finally she was spotted "in the middle of the marsh" by firefighters dressed in wet suits who waded into the waist deep water.

[luke]

Now THAT's poor driving! Trucker wedges 13-ton HGV in narrow alley after blindly following satnav







http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051302/Lorry-driver-wedges-13-ton-HGV-narrow-alley-blindly-following-satnav.html