One reason not to give a GPS to your grandparents...
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:04 am
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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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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...
well grandparent sounded better than "dad" when i was putting in a subjectDan wrote:53 is hardly grandparent material..
Which just makes him a complete Dickhead and an utter moron... Like most typical cage drivers really...
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...Dan wrote:...53 is hardly grandparent material.....
hahahah my granmother was 34 wen i was born....Gosling1 wrote: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...Dan wrote:...53 is hardly grandparent material.....
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.