Damn the Swollen River, GPS Navigation Said Full Speed Ahead!

By Alex in Auto & Transportation, Gadgets, Hacks & Mods on Mar 18, 2007 at 2:36 am

What happen if you trust your satellite navigation system over common sense? You get your £96,000 Mercedes sports car swept away in a swollen river:

Although the track is signposted as ‘unsuitable for motor vehicles’, the driver carried on and found herself at a ford in the village of Sheepy Magna.

Still accepting what the satnav told her, she set out to cross the ford, but it was swollen after days of heavy rain.

Link – via Arbroath


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  1. intelnm
    Mar 19th, 2007 at 7:43 am

    she must have been a blond


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