another GPS following idiot lol

[Amby 490]

A South Yorkshire motorist was charged with careless driving after he nearly followed his sat nav over the edge of a cliff.

Robert Jones, 43, from Doncaster, followed the device as he headed for a friend's house even when it began taking him up a steep, rocky footpath.

He finally realised something was seriously wrong when his BMW hit a fence just inches from a 100ft drop, reports the Daily Mirror.

Mr Jones said: "I just trusted the sat nav. It kept insisting that the path was a road even as it was getting narrower and steeper.

"I rely on my sat nav, I couldn't do without it for my job. I guess I'm lucky the car didn't slip all the way over the edge. But it has been a bit of a nightmare."

It took nine hours for a recovery team to haul the BMW away from the cliff edge in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.

The rescue operation attracted a large crowd of astonished locals.

One said: "It's all well and good trusting your sat nav but how about trusting your eyes and when there's not a road in front of you, don't keep driving."

Police confirmed Mr Jones had been charged. A spokesman said: "Nobody was hurt. But when someone nearly drives off a cliff that shows a lack of care which needs to be investigated."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3253200.html?menu=

[fozzie 41]

Proud to be british.

If you go to google maps and type New York City to Norwich, UK it will start off directing you out of NYC towards the coast. It then says "swim 3243 miles". Good luck trusting those things blindly.

[Amby 490]

Proud to be british.

If you go to google maps and type New York City to Norwich, UK it will start off directing you out of NYC towards the coast. It then says "swim 3243 miles". Good luck trusting those things blindly.

GPS is great, but every few months I find a story about someone driving into a lake or getting stuck up on a mountain in a blizzard.

[fozzie 41]

Proud to be british.

If you go to google maps and type New York City to Norwich, UK it will start off directing you out of NYC towards the coast. It then says "swim 3243 miles". Good luck trusting those things blindly.

GPS is great, but every few months I find a story about someone driving into a lake or getting stuck up on a mountain in a blizzard.

I know they are good, but you need a real map too! You need to know roughly how to get from A to B so that you don't drive off a cliff.

[Ban Hammer 13,348]

Proud to be british.

If you go to google maps and type New York City to Norwich, UK it will start off directing you out of NYC towards the coast. It then says "swim 3243 miles". Good luck trusting those things blindly.

i wonder how many have done that

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Sounds like me. I have to zoom out on my GPS or I'll end up watching the screen instead of the road ahead of me.

[The_Dude 1,142]

GPS is pretty useless in L.A.

The directions they give usually either run you right into gridlock, or give you the longest possible route.

[Amby 490]

I think LA is pretty easy to get around unless you're on one of the roads like San Vicente

[The_Dude 1,142]

I think LA is very easy to get around...... If you don't mind sitting in traffic

[Amby 490]

I think LA is very easy to get around...... If you don't mind sitting in traffic

I would just zone out in traffic on my drives home. It's not like I was moving much anyways

[The_Dude 1,142]

LoL, I play the "See how many lane changes I can make per mile" game. I only drive 23 miles each way to work, but it takes 90 mins to two hours to get home. Gotta love the traffic.

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