One reason not to give a GPS to your grandparents...

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:04 am

Burky · Post by **Burky** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:19 pm

Classic

. A similar thing happened with cruze control came out. Pepole would turn it on thinking the car would go around corners but na instead Kaboom.

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:32 pm

I recall a story about a Winnebago driver who set the cruise control, got up and went ot make a coffee...

Apparently they had to re-print all the operator manuals to warn drivers of this...

Ratmick · Post by **Ratmick** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:57 pm

May be a German vs. Sat Nav thing:

00:58 10Oct06 -German motorist obeys sat-nav system, hits sand
BERLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - An 80-year-old German motorist
obediently following his navigation system ignored a motorway
"closed for construction" sign and crashed his Mercedes into a
pile of sand further down the road, police said on Monday.
"The driver was following the orders from his navigation
system and even though there was a sufficient number of warnings
and barricades, he continued his journey into the construction
site," a police spokeswoman told Reuters.
"His trip finally ended when he wound up crashing into a
pile of sand," she added.
The driver and his wife escaped uninjured from the
collision, which occurred on a motorway near Hamburg.
((Reporting by Eva Kuehnen; Reuters Messaging:
eva.kuehnen.reuters.com@reuters.net; editing by Tom Armitage;
+49 69 7565 1236))
Keywords: ODD GERMANY SATNAV

Tuesday, 10 October 2006 00:58:53
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mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:11 pm

gold

Post by **icebreaker** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:18 pm

53 is hardly grandparent material..

Which just makes him a complete Dickhead and an utter moron... Like most typical cage drivers really...

Burky · Post by **Burky** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:18 pm

red_dave Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject:

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I recall a story about a Winnebago driver who set the cruise control, got up and went ot make a coffee...

Apparently they had to re-print all the operator manuals to warn drivers of this...

That was the story i heard. But it is dicks like these that give us so many laughs regarding stupid warnings. Just proves that the warnings are for people that don't read them

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:39 pm

Dan wrote:53 is hardly grandparent material..

Which just makes him a complete Dickhead and an utter moron... Like most typical cage drivers really...

well grandparent sounded better than "dad" when i was putting in a subject

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:05 pm

Dan wrote:...53 is hardly grandparent material.....

bloody oath it is.........there are heaps of 45-50yo grandmothers up here matey, single grandmothers most of 'em, with single daughters who are also single mums......seems to run in the family a bit...

back in the late 80's, the ruckman at my footy club went out with a 36 year old chick (man we thought she was sooooo old

), who had a 6-month old grandchild. That was a big deal in 1989

not any more.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:55 pm

Gosling1 wrote:
Dan wrote:...53 is hardly grandparent material.....
bloody oath it is.........there are heaps of 45-50yo grandmothers up here matey, single grandmothers most of 'em, with single daughters who are also single mums......seems to run in the family a bit...

back in the late 80's, the ruckman at my footy club went out with a 36 year old chick (man we thought she was sooooo old ), who had a 6-month old grandchild. That was a big deal in 1989 not any more.

hahahah my granmother was 34 wen i was born....