GPS In Car Tells Driver To Make U-Turn On Highway - Crash

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AN elderly motorist driving along a 130km/h expressway in eastern France caused a crash when he followed the advice of his onboard GPS computer - and made a U-turn.

Police said the hapless 78-year-old driver, who was not named, and the occupants of the vehicle he ran into escaped unharmed from the collision on Sunday, but it could have been much worse.

The man told officers his car GPS had told him to "make a U-turn immediately" as he drove along lost near the town of Nancy in search of a hotel.

He did so, not realising the limitations of his satellite navigation device, which guides using verbal directions.

"It's not the first time we've had a GPS incident," one of the officers said, recalling the time a police vehicle found itself face-to-face with a motorist going the wrong way in accordance with his computer's instructions.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11553673%255E13762,00.html

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[Richardo]

2. Hertz's 'NeverLost' GPS system has tried to kill me - twice

First: Advised me to left-exit from a highway in Atlanta - the exit was on the right.

Second time: Tried to route me from downtown LA to LAX by taking me down Manchester Blvd through the heart of South Central. If I had not lived in LA previously, I would have followed that advice. :scared: