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Today's Idiot - GPS Division
Whatever happened to "keep your eyes on the road"? Really cool picture at the link.As of today, we're taking bets to see how long it will take before people realize that "GPS" does not stand for "Auto Pilot." The latest "But the GPS told me to..." story is brought to you by a charter bus driver in Figures.... Piloting a coach through the Washington Arboretum -- as the GPS instructed him -- the driver ignored, or didn't see, or didn't believe (take your pick) the flashing lights and sign warning him that his 11-foot-high bus was too tall for the looming 9-foot concrete overpass. He vas just following orders.... You can see how the story ends. The overpass ended up with some superficial damage, the coach got a removable top, and the girls softball team inside received some minor injuries. Luckily, the 60-inch sewage pipe inside the overpass wasn't ruptured. Oh, sh**.... The driver was ticketed for $154. And in response to the charter company executive who remarked, "We just thought it would be a safe route because, why else would they have a selection for a bus?", a Garmin [GPS manufacturer] spokesman responded, "Stoplights aren't in our databases, either, but you're still expected to stop for stoplights." As one of the commenters on the site said, "Common sense really must be a superpower, considering so few people have it." :-D Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-20 |
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