Monday, January 15, 2007

GPS by HAL

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."

...Several German motorists have crashed their cars in recent months, later telling police they were only obeying orders from their satnavs.

1 comment:

benallenallen said...

I'll be sure to shy away from the german voices when listening to the Nuvi. Are there any cases of angry Britts listening to Daniel?