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’ve wondered if there was a clean version available to commercial map companies.”
Rand McNally files are clean.
Heh - I just used my old GPS unit that’s under the back seat in the truck. I had the route plugged into my phone already, reviewed the route to make sure it was taking me the right way, and then forgot the phone at home.
“Heh - I just used my old GPS unit that’s under the back seat in the truck. I had the route plugged into my phone already, reviewed the route to make sure it was taking me the right way, and then forgot the phone at home.”
I have a routine. With my wife, we each ask the other, phone; purse/wallet before shifting into gear.
**He was not a nuclear engineer.**
Jimmah’s own liberry sez he wuz about the same thang az uh newcleer injinear:
“16 OCT 1952 - 08 OCT 1953—Duty with US Atomic Energy Commission (Division of Reactor Development, Schenectady Operations Office) From 3 NOV 1952 to 1 MAR 1953 he served on temporary duty with Naval Reactors Branch, US Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D.C. “assisting in the design and development of nuclear propulsion plants for naval vessels.” From 1 MAR 1953 to 8 OCT 1953 he was under instruction to become an engineering officer for a nuclear power plant”
” temporary duty “
Three months
“under instruction “
Never served on a nuclear ship. No college courses in nuclear engineering.
**”assisting in the design and development of nuclear propulsion plants for naval vessels.”**
Just cuz you wernt therr don’t mean he wazzunt ingineerrin.
You just knew adult beverages were involved.
“**”assisting in the design and development of nuclear propulsion plants for naval vessels.”**”
Temporary duty between assignments. Probable given some books to read.
Santos would call that resume embellishment. I call that flat out false.
At that point he had had zero experience and training related to nuclear propulsion plants.
gettign lost was 1/2 the fun
The liberry is lyin? Ok
Back to the road (Napier Lake road) under the Natchez Trace overpass: you should see all the plastic bits along the road from AC units that have been destroyed by drivers of RVs. They even added flashing lights around the signs, but the GPS route won and the overhead sign has the dents to prove it.
“gettign lost was 1/2 the fun”
Sure seems that way!
I guess she is trying to be an ice road trucker. Saw how easy the job is.
“ According to CBS 42 and Fox 59, the woman was arrested for drunk driving”
My shocked and surprised face : 😒
I’ve never had a GPS failure except perhaps when it called St Paul street, Street Paul Street.
Never forget. People like this woman have a “right” to vote.
I agree. But look at the images. There is clearly vehicle tracks of some kind on the ice.
Probably the tracks made by her car.
Sometimes words have two meanings.
For that I use real estate maps. They are pretty good, but pricey.
There you have it! The brain and the eyes need to be “on final”.
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