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GPS directs driver to death

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It is perhaps the secret fear of all users of GPS systems: what if the device gets it wrong and leads you into danger?

The Spanish Red Cross said today this was exactly what happened to a 37-year-old man who died on Saturday night after driving his car into a reservoir near the western town of Capilla.

"It seems the GPS system pointed them on to an old road that ends in the reservoir, and that in the dark they were unable to brake in time, with the car taking just a couple of minutes to sink," the Red Cross said in a statement.

The victim and a single passenger were driving home towards the southern city of Seville after working at a street fair when the Peugeot 306 ploughed straight into the waters of La Serena reservoir.

Although both men managed to get out of the car, only one made it to the shore. Red Cross divers found the body of the unnamed driver at the bottom of the reservoir on Sunday morning.

The passenger was treated for bruising and light injuries.

Pictures of the scene show the old road running on a slight downhill slope straight into the reservoir, which is the biggest in the country.

There was no explanation of why the GPS still showed the road as usable. La Serena reservoir, which stores water from the Zújar river, was built in 1989.

LOL @ first sentence. I bet driver had tinted front windows

For me, the GPS is just a guide, and I never follow the instructions without thinking about it first. Like this one time, it told me to do a U-Turn on 99 right after the tunnel... I was like WTF?

ALWAYS ALWAYS look on an actual map, familiarize yourself with the route before blindly heading out

RIP... i'm not sure about other people, but when i'm not sure where i'm going i slow down just in case.

I got a friend that relies on her GPS like crazy. She GPS herself everywhere including to school, to work and back home! You lived at the same place for 15+ years! Seriously?

She's just using it cuz it's cool, or at least that's what she thinks.

Anyway, GPS without some common sense will make you do stupid things.

I still dont have a GPS! hahahaha

The office?
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Google Maps before the trip??

I never really rely on the GPS, used it in Blaine and in Las Vegas and it was still giving me wrong directions from time to time. probably because either they blocked off streets or changed them because i would end up at a dead end

rip, but in all honesty, people who rely on gps to drive often just end up looking at the gps more than they look at the road..
Ive personally never liked using gps and stick with the good ol fashioned map, keeps me aware of my surroundings when my eyes are actually on the road
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City Maps FTW...

if i need to drive somewhere, i go on google maps and look for all possible routes... GPS isnt mean to be used without a brain!

That's how you get rear ended
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ya my gps told me to turn the wrong way on a one way street once, drive with your eyes on the road not the gps!

imagine they family was retarded enough to sue the US gov't for essentially borrowing their satellites services

This is as bad as people who play racing video games by looking at the map only, and bouncing off the walls and looking like a retard

I pride myself on not needing a GPS. And really? How fuckin hard is it to read a godamn map?

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Originally Posted by Sgt_Koopa (Post 7132542)

Google Maps before the trip??

so if i wanted to go to asia from vancouver it's okay to be kyaking 200 days?

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Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 7133181)

so if i wanted to go to asia from vancouver it's okay to be kyaking 200 days?

I'm sorry, you're wording that as though it's a problem...

Turn right in 200 meters
Turn right, now
Destination, death, straight ahead
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Originally Posted by Captain Picard (Post 7132345)

Mine once told me to make a U on ironworkers. I was like, "um not possible"

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Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 7133181)

so if i wanted to go to asia from vancouver it's okay to be kyaking 200 days?

Of course. How else did you get here in the first place?

:troll:

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Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 7133181)

so if i wanted to go to asia from vancouver it's okay to be kyaking 200 days?

you will probably be 1 of the many thousands doing this... :)

lol. Someone should sue.