To blindly follow ones GPS....

SUBMAN1 · 01-04-08, 12:54 PM

I'm still looking for intelligent life on planet Earth. It still seems to be fairly scarce.

http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/p...WS02/801040377

WHen you GPS tells you to turn right on railroad tracks, please please do not follow its advice!!

-S

Dowly · 01-04-08, 12:57 PM

:rotfl:

mr chris · 01-04-08, 12:59 PM

Mine offten tells me to turn right when im in the middle of the autobahn. But that takes the biscuit.:rotfl:

seafarer · 01-04-08, 01:05 PM

Quote:

"He tried to stop the train by waving his arms, which apparently was not totally effective in slowing the train," said Dan Brucker, Metro-North spokesman.

:p Man, I love that line.

FIREWALL · 01-04-08, 01:07 PM

:rotfl:

Good find SUBMAN1

My brother has been talking about getting one of those things.

I emailed the link to him. I wonder what he'll say about one now ? :p

DeepIron · 01-04-08, 01:19 PM

What Mr. Bo probably didn't notice was that the road the GPS instructed him to turn onto was adjacent and parallel to the RR tracks. I'd hazard a guess that he had the GPS set to a relatively "course" resolution, say 2 miles or more and had he zoomed in to say 1/4 mi resolution or less, would have seen the road and the RR tracks as separate objects.

I use a Magellan 760 to navigate to unknown consignees when I'm out on a run in my Freightliner. It saves a LOT of time but one still needs to use their grey matter...

Kapitan_Phillips · 01-04-08, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr chris

Mine offten tells me to turn right when im in the middle of the autobahn. But that takes the biscuit.:rotfl:

I trust you kept Fahr'n Fahr'n Fahr'ning auf der Autobahn regardless?

seafarer · 01-04-08, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by DeepIron

What Mr. Bo probably didn't notice was that the road the GPS instructed him to turn onto was adjacent and parallel to the RR tracks. I'd hazard a guess that he had the GPS set to a relatively "course" resolution, say 2 miles or more and had he zoomed in to say 1/4 mi resolution or less, would have seen the road and the RR tracks as separate objects.

I use a Magellan 760 to navigate to unknown consignees when I'm out on a run in my Freightliner. It saves a LOT of time but one still needs to use their grey matter...

Nay, I'm guessing he was not even looking at it at all. He was just listening to the voice prompts and was too stupid to actually pay attention to the road ahead of him. Kinda' like the dumb car insurance ad where the guy plows into a store front while listening to the voice prompts.

XabbaRus · 01-04-08, 02:52 PM

I had fun with mine, set it to quickest route and was telling me to turn left then left to go 180 in the opposite direction, she just kept recalculating the route as I went until she agreed with the way I was going.

silentrunner · 01-04-08, 03:06 PM

i feel bad for that guy, now he seems like an idiot to everyone. Well I guess he is an idiot but you know still...

STEED · 01-04-08, 03:22 PM

Check list -

Sledge Hammer

Dynamite

Ground to ground missiles

B-17 on stand by

Right I'm ready for anything that should not be there.

JSLTIGER · 01-05-08, 10:05 PM

I plan on getting one in a couple of weeks...I've picked a Garmin nuvi 350. Anybody heard anything positive/negative about those?

SUBMAN1 · 01-06-08, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by silentrunner

i feel bad for that guy, now he seems like an idiot to everyone. Well I guess he is an idiot but you know still...

Leave the PC talk at home!

He is an idiot, and last time I checked, feeling like an idiot is a great motivator to change ones self! All these PC talk keeps idiots being idiots!

-S

bookworm_020 · 01-06-08, 05:13 PM

Is he planning to sue???:hmm:

Stealth Hunter · 01-06-08, 05:44 PM

What did we learn today...?:hmm: :rotfl:

01-04-08, 12:54 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To blindly follow ones GPS.... I'm still looking for intelligent life on planet Earth. It still seems to be fairly scarce. http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/p...WS02/801040377 WHen you GPS tells you to turn right on railroad tracks, please please do not follow its advice!! -S __________________

01-04-08, 01:07 PM	#5
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01-04-08, 01:19 PM	#6
DeepIron Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Too far from the Pacific right now... Posts: 1,634 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What Mr. Bo probably didn't notice was that the road the GPS instructed him to turn onto was adjacent and parallel to the RR tracks. I'd hazard a guess that he had the GPS set to a relatively "course" resolution, say 2 miles or more and had he zoomed in to say 1/4 mi resolution or less, would have seen the road and the RR tracks as separate objects. I use a Magellan 760 to navigate to unknown consignees when I'm out on a run in my Freightliner. It saves a LOT of time but one still needs to use their grey matter... __________________ RFB / RSRDC Beta Tester RFB / RSRDC Modding Forum: http://forum.kickinbak.com/index.php RFB Top Post link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125529 RFB Loadout: RFB_V1.52_102408: RFB_V1.52_Patch_111608: RSRDC_RFBv15_V396

01-04-08, 02:52 PM	#9
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I had fun with mine, set it to quickest route and was telling me to turn left then left to go 180 in the opposite direction, she just kept recalculating the route as I went until she agreed with the way I was going. __________________

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silentrunner Watch Officer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mind your own business English Types Posts: 334 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i feel bad for that guy, now he seems like an idiot to everyone. Well I guess he is an idiot but you know still... __________________

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01-04-08, 12:59 PM	#3
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Mine offten tells me to turn right when im in the middle of the autobahn. But that takes the biscuit.:rotfl:

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JSLTIGER The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Parkland, FL, USA Posts: 1,437 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I plan on getting one in a couple of weeks...I've picked a Garmin nuvi 350. Anybody heard anything positive/negative about those? __________________ Thor: Intel Core i7 4770K\|ASUS Z87Pro\|32GB DDR3 RAM\|11GB EVGA GeForce RTX 2080Ti Black\|256GB Crucial M4 SSD+2TB WD HDD\|4X LG BD-RE\|32" Acer Predator Z321QU 165Hz G-Sync (2540x1440)\|Logitech Z-323 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Pro Explorer (MSI GL63 8RE-629 Laptop): Intel Core i7 8750H\|16GB DDR4 RAM\|6GB GeForce GTX 1060\|128GB SSD+1TB HDD\|15.6" Widescreen (1920x1080)\|Logitech R-20 2.1 Sound\|Win 10 Home

01-06-08, 05:13 PM	#14
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