Imbecile Nearly Drives His BMW Off Cliff Because GPS Told Him To

March 25th, 2009

Turn left, Dave.

Via: Mirror:

Horrified Robert Jones ended up with a careless driving charge after his satnav left his BMW perched on the edge of a cliff.

Robert, 43, followed the device’s instructions 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.

Robert said: “I just trusted the satnav.

“It kept insisting that the path was a road even as it was getting narrower and steeper.

“I rely on my satnav, 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.”

Research Credit: treasonholdings

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3 Responses to “Imbecile Nearly Drives His BMW Off Cliff Because GPS Told Him To”

  1. quintanus says:
    March 25, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    The Kim family got lost in rural Oregon because of a google.maps route
    http://workbench.cadenhead.org/news/3084/some-maps-advise-dangerous-route-through

  2. shoe2one says:
    March 25, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    HAL: I’ve just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It’s going to go 100% failure in 72 hours.

  3. Ann says:
    March 26, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    Darwin collects his dues from every generation.

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