Man using GPS drives into path of train

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A computer consultant from California apparently put too much faith in the GPS technology in his rental car: It didn't tell him to look both ways before driving onto tracks as a train barreled toward him.

The driver had turned right, as the Global Positioning System advised, and the car somehow got stuck on the tracks at the crossing. He jumped out and tried to warn the engineer by waving. He got out of the way just before the train slammed into the car at 60 mph, Metro-North railroad spokesman Dan Brucker said Thursday.

The car was pushed more than 100 feet during the fiery crash.

Some 500 train passengers were stranded for more than two hours during the Wednesday evening rush hour. The accident also heavily damaged 250 feet of rail, Brucker said.

The railroad identified the driver as Bai Bo, 32, of Sunnyvale, Calif. He did not immediately return a message requesting comment.

http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A...RONT01/80103028

[Ban Hammer 13,360]

der........

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Didn't they have an episode of The Office where a similar thing happened involving a GPS?

Useful things but you should use them as an aid to basic common sense - not be led by the nose.

[Nagishkaw 510]

sigh.......

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Useful things but you should use them as an aid to basic common sense - not be led by the nose.

Yup. I have friends who don't know how to read maps because they've been dumbed down by their GPS.... It's awful.

[Ban Hammer 13,360]

Useful things but you should use them as an aid to basic common sense - not be led by the nose.

Yup. I have friends who don't know how to read maps because they've been dumbed down by their GPS.... It's awful.

can anyone name all of the different types of north on a map?

Edited January 3, 2008 by charlesandnessa

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

Oh, I can already hear this now on future GPS units... (In my best monotone computer voice) "Turn left at Highway 20. Wait! Stop first. Look both ways before crossing. Proceed straight over railroad. Slow down. Look both ways. Look and listen! Make sure there is no oncoming train."

[Nessa 23]

how can someone not know how to read a map? it's like not knowing how to clean your butt when you take a dump.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

I know some people that literally use the crazy things to get around in their own town they've lived in for decades.

Useful things but you should use them as an aid to basic common sense - not be led by the nose.

Yup. I have friends who don't know how to read maps because they've been dumbed down by their GPS.... It's awful.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

how can someone not know how to read a map? it's like not knowing how to clean your butt when you take a dump.

LOL.

[Ban Hammer 13,360]

how can someone not know how to read a map? it's like not knowing how to clean your butt when you take a dump.

what's a declination diagram?

[Mags 112]

it's like not knowing how to clean your butt when you take a dump.

Didn't you marry Charles?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

how can someone not know how to read a map? it's like not knowing how to clean your butt when you take a dump.

what's a declination diagram?

Stop showing off

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can anyone name all of the different types of north on a map?

care to take a stab at it arjit?

it's like not knowing how to clean your butt when you take a dump.

Didn't you marry Charles?

i'm being baited by a mod!

how can someone not know how to read a map? it's like not knowing how to clean your butt when you take a dump.

what's a declination diagram?

Stop showing off

take a shot at it.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

can anyone name all of the different types of north on a map?

care to take a stab at it arjit?

I'm not sure. Do you mean magnetic north versus 'true' north???

take a shot at it.

you know, i could just google it up.