GPS is an wonderful navigational aide, but don't take leave of your common sense when on trip using your trusty GPS device. The following three stories which could have serious consequences for the people concerned serves as yet another reminder not to over rely on technology.
This boat collision could have proved fatal, fortunately the people on board were rescued by other boats in the area....read the story
A trip to the Canyons turned into a nightmare from hell when this tourist party decided to use their GPS to take a road less travelled by and ended up at the edge of a cliff ....sheer cliff hanger this!!
The following story is slightly funny. A bus equipped with a GPS tracking device could not be tracked though it was parked right under the very noses of
the tracking officials - in the bus shelter. The reason of course is because of the roof of the shelter blocked the gps signals....
This boat collision could have proved fatal, fortunately the people on board were rescued by other boats in the area....read the story
Boat collision highlighted dangers of GPS
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Judge Edward Paul ruled Fletcher was significantly more culpable than Thomas in operating the vessel with what he knew to be an unreliable GPS system, ....
A trip to the Canyons turned into a nightmare from hell when this tourist party decided to use their GPS to take a road less travelled by and ended up at the edge of a cliff ....sheer cliff hanger this!!
GPS Device Was a 'Nightmare' and 'A Vacation from Hell'
ABC News - USA
AP A GPS device led a convoy of tourists astray, finally stranding them on the edge of a sheer cliff. With little food or water, the group of 10 children ..
The following story is slightly funny. A bus equipped with a GPS tracking device could not be tracked though it was parked right under the very noses of
the tracking officials - in the bus shelter. The reason of course is because of the roof of the shelter blocked the gps signals....
GPS bus tracker loses its way
Times of India - India
BANGALORE: The BMTC's ambitious plans to use a GPS application to track buses doesn't seem to have worked well. Officials introduced the satellite-based ...
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