Posted on 12/27/2022 4:28:24 PM PST by simpson96
Indianapolis residents saw a bizarre sight on Christmas and it had nothing to do with Santa or his reindeer.
Quite the opposite as the Indianapolis Fire Department revealed a 33 year old woman drove down an embankment and then started driving on a frozen canal. This appears to have gone on for a while as the department said she “continued north on the canal until she came to the dead end at 10th Street, where she turned around [and] headed south.”
Her luck eventually ran out as the vehicle broke through the ice and plunged into the water. The fire department said several bystanders jumped into action and assisted the woman, who waited in the lobby of a nearby hotel after escaping from the vehicle. She was then checked out by medics, before being transported to the hospital.
Needless to say, authorities had plenty of questions and she told firefighters her GPS took her onto the canal. While the frozen waterway does have a road-like look, there appears to have been more going on.
According to CBS 42 and Fox 59, the woman was arrested for drunk driving. There’s no immediate word on how intoxicated the woman was, but she was apparently clueless even after driving down the embankment and onto the canal. The scene shocked onlooker Mason Brauchla, who told the Fox affiliate “I couldn’t believe … the ice was even supporting their car for that long.” He went onto estimate the woman was driving approximately 30 mph.
I travel extensively for work and use GPS. Like you, I have paper maps within reach.
“I travel extensively for work and use GPS. Like you, I have paper maps within reach.”
Two is one and one is none.
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“So does my nav system. I make note of “block number sequence” going WE and NS when I read my map. All I have to do is look at a few addresses to know which cardinal direction I am going. The address/block numbers going up or going down tells me.”
Sometimes those numbers are either not posted or are very difficult to locate and read while driving. And at night, most are not lit. Very distracting and unsafe.
**And they use GPS nav systems!!!**
A lot of rv owners do too, and a low overpass under the Natchez Trace near here shows they trust the GPS more than the signs they ignored before ripping the AC unit(s) off the top.
Wondering.... did the deceased in NC trust his GPS more than any warning signs?
Yes, lots of truckers use GPS. However, they aren’t fool proof, and they can quit working. Good truckers keep paper maps, and know their route before releasing the brakes. It’s called being a professional.
I’m 74 years of age. I can make it from my bedroom to the bathroom at 3:30 in the morning with no lights on without spilling one drop. I don’t need no stinkin’ maps, either.
Amish don’t drive cars.
fierce independent streak
drive a '51 GMC pick up
my flip phone has limited features
and I am quite content living in a time warp
if my life were any more enhanced, I would combust
“If the drive off the road, that is not the fault of their nav system.”
Their GPS tells them to. It tells them it is a road and the shortest route to their destination. Maybe 50 years ago it was a road, a road that has not been maintained in 50 years now and has turned into a nice smooth looking dirt road because now it is a sand wash.
“What nonsense.”
And there you go calling me a liar again. Stop that or prove it.
I can tell already you are one of those who would stick themselves in this dire situation. I highly suggest you never leave the pavement if you visit the desert southwest.
**Retired nuclear engineer.**
Jimmah?? Jimmah Cawtuh?? Iz that youz??
“Good truckers keep paper maps, and know their route before releasing the brakes. It’s called being a professional.”
Absolutely, and every driver out there should be just as skilled at real world analog navigation. Or just stop and buy a soda and ask for directions. But of course we are too smart to ask for directions. We trust the GPS more than a local who lives there. That way we don’t have to look stupid for asking. It’s a pride thing... :)
Was her husband’s name Santa?
“Yes, lots of truckers use GPS.”
Yes. They make best use of their tools.
“However, they aren’t fool proof,”
Think about that. In relation to truckers
“and they can quit working.”
I keep my phone handy when driving.
“Good truckers keep paper maps.”
As a backup.
” know their route before releasing the brakes. It’s called being a professional.”
Everyone should plan their route ahead.
I always print out the directions ahead of time and look for the landmarks so I know where to turn.
No, but the first name of the first officer on the scene is Nicholas.
“Absolutely,”
You left out the earlier part of the post where he agreed that Truckers use GPS nav systems and the paper maps are also used.
As a backup ID the nav system quit working.
“Jimmah?? Jimmah Cawtuh?? Iz that youz??”
He was not a nuclear engineer.
“And there you go calling me a liar again. Stop that or prove it.”
It is a lie to say I called you a liar.
There’s plenty of public domain data. The Census Bureau produces TIGER files for instance.
Although not bogus (for the most part), it is not what I would call “clean” - road names are not consistent.
That is, one section of road might be “U.S. Route 19” then the next “Highway 19” then the next “United States Highway 19” - it makes it difficult to make a commercially usable map.
Then again there’s “I-Park” or at least there was. I think it was a parking lot wrongly identified as an interstate highway.
I’ve wondered if there was a clean version available to commercial map companies.
There are portable units.
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