mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 03:50 PM |
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OLD HEAD 0, NEW TECHNOLOGY 1
Car tells driver to do freeway U-turn
AN elderly motorist driving along a 130km/h expressway in eastern France caused a crash when he followed the advice of his onboard GPS computer - and
made a U-turn.
Police said the hapless 78-year-old driver, who was not named, and the occupants of the vehicle he ran into escaped unharmed from the collision on
Sunday, but it could have been much worse.
The man told officers his car GPS had told him to "make a U-turn immediately" as he drove along lost near the town of Nancy in search of a
hotel.
He did so, not realising the limitations of his satellite navigation device, which guides using verbal directions.
"It's not the first time we've had a GPS incident," one of the officers said, recalling the time a police vehicle found itself
face-to-face with a motorist going the wrong way in accordance with his computer's instructions.
Not the brightest lamp on the Xmas tree. 
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Hellfire
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 04:16 PM |
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Sounds about right to me...
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BUSA RUSH
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 04:28 PM |
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yes and older people are not very good at parking....
are they? DADDY...
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Hellfire
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 05:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BUSA RUSH
yes and older people are not very good at parking....
are they? DADDY...
Am I missing something here? 
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Petemate
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 05:18 PM |
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He just couldn't resist telling everyone - I caught the front bumper on HIS Mondeo the other day on - wait for it - HIS trailer. Didn't
even mark the trailer, but boy did it f*** the Mondy bumper...
Hope Rizla doesn't read this or I'll have to confess all to the RHOCaR site. THEN I'll be in for some p***-taking....
Pete
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 09:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Oldgitpete
He just couldn't resist telling everyone - I caught the front bumper on HIS Mondeo the other day on - wait for it - HIS trailer. Didn't
even mark the trailer, but boy did it f*** the Mondy bumper...
Hope Rizla doesn't read this or I'll have to confess all to the RHOCaR site. THEN I'll be in for some p***-taking....
Pete
They are really fragile as the MRS has found out twice to my cost.
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