polish man drives into a lake

[Amby 490]

A Polish driver steered his mini bus straight into a lake - after his sat-nav told him to.

Stunned police got a frantic call from the bus driver as he called from the Mercedes van screaming that he and his two passengers were drowning.

"A man phoned in panic from his mobile phone. He managed to say that he had driven into a lake and he was sinking fast," said police spokesman Marcin Guzenda in Glubczyce, south west Poland.

"He said he had two passengers but he couldn't open the doors - and then he got cut off."

Police, fire and ambulance services rushed to the lake and found the driver and his passengers perched on the top of the mini-bus's roof.

The trio were taken to hospital after the accident but released after treatment for shock.

"There used to be a road there until last year until the local water company flooded the valley to build a new reservoir lake," said one police source.

"It seems that the GPS hadn't been updated and was still showing a usable road running through where the lake now is. It's a huge lake and it's hard to imagine how you could ignore or not see it, but he certainly managed it.

"The driver had such faith in his sat-nav that he didn't even notice all the traffic signs saying the road had been closed," they added.

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[Amby 490]

I yell at or b*tch at my sat nav when it tells me to do something I don't want to do

[DeadPoolX 9]

I yell at or b*tch at my sat nav when it tells me to do something I don't want to do

Sounds like my wife. She'll tell the GPS (which is set to use a female voice) to "shut up" and call her a "b1tch" when it tells us to go somewhere we don't want to or gets confused in a parking lot/parking garage. I think it's funny.

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I yell at or b*tch at my sat nav when it tells me to do something I don't want to do

a gps is for people who can't read a map.

[msu17 0]

Ok.

1: Why were they perched on the roof? I hope he didn't drive too far or couldn't drive too far in that they couldn't walk/swim to shore.

2: Darwin award??? I wish. Well he is Polish :-P

3: He had TWO passengers. None of them noticed a gigantic lake?

[DeadPoolX 9]

I yell at or b*tch at my sat nav when it tells me to do something I don't want to do

a gps is for people who can't read a map.

I'd say that's sometimes true. Having a GPS won't solve all of your driving issues (as evidenced in this story), but it's definitely good to have if you're the only person in the vehicle and driving somewhere that's unknown to you. It's a real pain to pull over or into a parking lot to look at the map and figure it out from there. A GPS unit, provided it has been properly updated, can save a lot of time and headache. Just the same, I'd recommend keeping a map in your car.

[Emancipation 2]

I yell at or b*tch at my sat nav when it tells me to do something I don't want to do

a gps is for people who can't read a map.

I'd say that's sometimes true. Having a GPS won't solve all of your driving issues (as evidenced in this story), but it's definitely good to have if you're the only person in the vehicle and driving somewhere that's unknown to you. It's a real pain to pull over or into a parking lot to look at the map and figure it out from there. A GPS unit, provided it has been properly updated, can save a lot of time and headache. Just the same, I'd recommend keeping a map in your car.

hubby refuses to get at GPS.. those things are stolen where we live.. we enjoy figuring out a real map.. although when you DO make a wrong turn or the map isn't clear, and you get off course, it'd be nice to have a back up!!

[natty bumppo 297]

is this guy an instrument rated pilot? or just using the stevie wonder method of driving?

[Amby 490]

I yell at or b*tch at my sat nav when it tells me to do something I don't want to do

Sounds like my wife. She'll tell the GPS (which is set to use a female voice) to "shut up" and call her a "b1tch" when it tells us to go somewhere we don't want to or gets confused in a parking lot/parking garage. I think it's funny.

Sounds like me

I yell at or b*tch at my sat nav when it tells me to do something I don't want to do

a gps is for people who can't read a map.

YELLO...I can read a map.

[Yaads 0]

Ok.

1: Why were they perched on the roof? I hope he didn't drive too far or couldn't drive too far in that they couldn't walk/swim to shore.

2: Darwin award??? I wish. Well he is Polish :-P

3: He had TWO passengers. None of them noticed a gigantic lake?

Exactly! Geesh people...just cause the GPS says to doesn't mean you should

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I yell at or b*tch at my sat nav when it tells me to do something I don't want to do

a gps is for people who can't read a map.

YELLO...I can read a map.

of course, that's why you also have a gps.

[Amby 490]

I yell at or b*tch at my sat nav when it tells me to do something I don't want to do

a gps is for people who can't read a map.

YELLO...I can read a map.

of course, that's why you also have a gps.

I also always have a map in my car because I'm not dumb enough to rely on a gps for everything