Woman drives 900 miles out of her way after GPS error
Recoup said
12:29 AM Jan 17, 2013
Put too much faith in technology and you may wind up in Croatia. A 67-year-old woman from Belgium learned that the hard way after she followed (faulty) directions from her GPS device.
The woman only wanted to go about 90 miles from her hometown of Hainault Erquelinnes, Belgium, to pick up a friend at the Brussels train station. Her GPS device sent her about 900 miles to the south before (during the second day of driving) she realized that something was amiss. It's unclear if she entered the address incorrectly or if the GPS was faulty.
Discovery explains that the driver, Sabine Moreau, stopped twice for gas, slept on the side of the road, and "even suffered a minor car accident" along the way. She told El Mundo that she wasn't paying attention.
I was distracted, so I kept driving. I saw all kinds of traffic signs, first in French, then German and finally in Croatian, but I kept driving because I was distracted. Suddenly I appeared in Zagreb and I realized I wasn't in Belgium anymore.
The lesson here: If you start seeing road signs in (multiple) foreign languages, pull over. You're probably going the wrong way.
Cheers Hans
jimricho said
01:23 AM Jan 17, 2013
Some mothers do 'ave 'em!
JRH said
01:32 AM Jan 17, 2013
jimricho wrote:
Some mothers do 'ave 'em!
They certainly do I mean a 90 mile drive is a lot shorter than 900 miles, surely the penny should have dropped before she got so far off track.
reglynn said
01:42 AM Jan 17, 2013
Not saying that woman don't look at sign post at all, as they seem to know where they are going, ok at times they might, but was she blonde
Duh said
01:44 AM Jan 17, 2013
You mean I've got a sister ? (Duh!)
jimricho said
02:46 AM Jan 17, 2013
One wonders whether this is just an urban myth just doing the rounds?????
You lot have should been in the car rally with me and the missuss. The little woman directing and talking about questions etc. The car rally was from Sunshine to the Anakie Fairy park. We actually got every question right but got into strife for doing an extra 90ks. So I have a SatNav and use it, I always make sure I have looked at the map first though. This missuss doesn't get the map reading thing either, to the point of have me drive 30 odd ks the wrong direction down a freeway. When asked about which way she was holding the map she said the right way.
Would I give her up, not on your nellie cause its always good for a laugh!
sandsmere said
02:07 PM Jan 17, 2013
If the story is true , you'd have to think there's not much between the ears there .
spida said
05:46 PM Jan 17, 2013
The story has been all over the news - so how did they find out - did she tell a reporter. Must be really 'thick' either way :)
Delta18 said
11:06 PM Jan 17, 2013
Some people shouldn't be allowed out of their home alone, let alone being in control of a car.
03_troopy said
03:29 AM Jan 18, 2013
It's just lucky she didn't use cruise control; and end up off the road because it didn't steer around the bends for her.
tonyd said
09:38 AM Jan 18, 2013
When I retired three years ago, my colleagues kindly gave me a GPS. It's still in the box. This woman's experience confirms that it will stay there.
03_troopy said
02:59 AM Jan 19, 2013
Nah Tony, she had something else that added to her problem.. A total lack of common sense. Get it out and try it, you'll be surprised at how handy they can be sometimes.
leevin said
10:03 AM Jan 22, 2013
I have two navigators named Karen. One is my darling wife.........the other is a Garmin. I choose to ignore the directions from one quite often.
neilnruth said
09:57 PM Jan 22, 2013
I guess if we started to see signs in another language on Australian roads we really are in big trouble!!
Put too much faith in technology and you may wind up in Croatia. A 67-year-old woman from Belgium learned that the hard way after she followed (faulty) directions from her GPS device.
The woman only wanted to go about 90 miles from her hometown of Hainault Erquelinnes, Belgium, to pick up a friend at the Brussels train station. Her GPS device sent her about 900 miles to the south before (during the second day of driving) she realized that something was amiss. It's unclear if she entered the address incorrectly or if the GPS was faulty.
Discovery explains that the driver, Sabine Moreau, stopped twice for gas, slept on the side of the road, and "even suffered a minor car accident" along the way. She told El Mundo that she wasn't paying attention.
The lesson here: If you start seeing road signs in (multiple) foreign languages, pull over. You're probably going the wrong way.
Cheers Hans
They certainly do I mean a 90 mile drive is a lot shorter than 900 miles, surely the penny should have dropped before she got so far off track.
Not saying that woman don't look at sign post at all, as they seem to know where they are going, ok at times they might, but was she blonde
You mean I've got a sister ? (Duh!)
here is her trip
Hans
You lot have should been in the car rally with me and the missuss. The little woman directing and talking about questions etc. The car rally was from Sunshine to the Anakie Fairy park. We actually got every question right but got into strife for doing an extra 90ks. So I have a SatNav and use it, I always make sure I have looked at the map first though. This missuss doesn't get the map reading thing either, to the point of have me drive 30 odd ks the wrong direction down a freeway. When asked about which way she was holding the map she said the right way.
Would I give her up, not on your nellie cause its always good for a laugh!
If the story is true , you'd have to think there's not much between the ears there .
Some people shouldn't be allowed out of their home alone, let alone being in control of a car.
One is my darling wife.........the other is a Garmin.
I choose to ignore the directions from one quite often.