As If Germany Doesn’t Have Enough to Worry About
There seems to be something of a trend of drivers (HT Right on the Right) following the commands of satellite navigation systems and getting into accidents in the process:
Motorist crashes on satellite navigation command
Mon Jan 15, 3:50 AM ETBERLIN (Reuters) - 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, police said on Sunday.
The motorist was heading into the north German city of Bremen “when the friendly voice from his satnav told him to turn left,” a spokesman said.
“He did what he was ordered to do and turned his Audi left up over the curb and onto the track of a local streetcar line. He tried to back up off the track but got completely stuck.”
The police spokesman said about a dozen trams were held up until a tow lorry arrived to clear the car off the track.
Several German motorists have crashed their cars in recent months, later telling police they were only obeying orders from their satnavs.
This may explain how Germany got into so much trouble in the late 30’s/early 40’s.
Comment by samharker — January 20, 2007 @ 3:10 pm
#1, Huh?
Comment by TBlumer — January 20, 2007 @ 6:15 pm