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10-05-2010, 09:49 AM
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#1 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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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
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10-05-2010, 09:55 AM
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#2 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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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
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10-05-2010, 10:13 AM
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RIP... i'm not sure about other people, but when i'm not sure where i'm going i slow down just in case.
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10-05-2010, 10:19 AM
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#4 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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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?
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10-05-2010, 11:04 AM
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#5 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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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.
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10-05-2010, 11:09 AM
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#6 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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I still dont have a GPS! hahahaha
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10-05-2010, 11:21 AM
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#7 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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10-05-2010, 11:24 AM
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#8 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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10-05-2010, 12:30 PM
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#9 | | Banned By Establishment
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10-05-2010, 01:08 PM
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#10 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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Google Maps before the trip??
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10-05-2010, 01:11 PM
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#11 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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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
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10-05-2010, 02:42 PM
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#12 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
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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 Posted via RS Mobile | |
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10-05-2010, 06:23 PM
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#13 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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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!
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10-05-2010, 06:36 PM
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#14 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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10-05-2010, 06:39 PM
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#15 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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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!
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10-05-2010, 07:21 PM
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#16 | | Banned By Establishment
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imagine they family was retarded enough to sue the US gov't for essentially borrowing their satellites services
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10-05-2010, 08:24 PM
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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
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10-05-2010, 09:36 PM
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#18 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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I pride myself on not needing a GPS. And really? How fuckin hard is it to read a godamn map?
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10-05-2010, 10:51 PM
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#19 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by Sgt_Koopa 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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10-05-2010, 10:53 PM
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#20 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero 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...
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10-05-2010, 11:10 PM
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#21 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Turn right in 200 meters
Turn right, now
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10-06-2010, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Captain Picard 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 | Mine once told me to make a U on ironworkers. I was like, "um not possible"
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10-06-2010, 12:30 AM
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#23 | | Say! Say! Say!
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero 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? 
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10-06-2010, 09:57 AM
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#24 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero 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...  | |
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10-06-2010, 11:27 AM
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#25 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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lol. Someone should sue.
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