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.
Lol
I knew you would show up. I am so proud that your GPS is more intelligent than you are. Over here in Az there are about ten a year. And no... I am not going to go hunt them all down for you. You have the burden of proof that I am wrong.
Happens all the time...
https://www.desertusa.com/desert-activity/gps-navigation.html
“Ask the USGS. Those topos have it nailed. “
Topos are worse than useless for street navigation.
It's a Garmin. The maps are up to date. If I just blindly follow what the lady tells me to do, I would have been dead long ago.
I am intelligent enough to read a map on my phone once and remember it to my destination. Anything else is pure laziness. I’m not too lazy to roll up hand crank windows either.
“Actually, if one knows how to read a map they can indeed tell you where you are. Used in conjunction with a mysterious device called a “compass” you can pretty much find your way anywhere on the planet.”
The nav system has a built-in compass. Moving maps on the screen are more convenient and safer than trying to sort through paper maps.
“GPS only gives you your location. No directions.”
Absolute Bullshirt... They tell you when and where to turn while in route. Just because I don’t use them doesn’t mean I am not very versed in how they work.
I am a commercial truck driver...
“I am intelligent enough to read a map on my phone once and remember it to my destination. Anything else is pure laziness. I’m not too lazy to roll up hand crank windows either.”
I was on I-5 last month and all southbound lanes were shutdown. We had to go an extra 100 miles to reroute. I am sure you have all those alternate routes in your mind!
And, BTW, the nav systems give you up-to-date road and traffic conditions as you drive.
He’s behaving like a lawyer. True, a GPS won’t tell you where to go, ... IF you don’t plug in the route data.
He got a tough guy screen name though. Lol
“Absolute Bullshirt... They tell you when and where to turn while in route. Just because I don’t use them doesn’t mean I am not very versed in how they work.”
GPS only gives you your location.
wiki:The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS,[2] is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.[3] It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.[4]
That’s all good and well, but CB chatter gives road conditions and alternate routes as well, AND the advice that MATTERS to a billy big-rigger: low overpasses, bridges with weight limits, etc.
CB chatter can also alert a trucker to a wreck that has just happened.
Long trips in the family ride includes the ‘noise box’.
” Over here in Az there are about ten a year. And no... I am not going to go hunt them all down for you.”
They are all in your head. You shouldn’t have to hunt them downs.
I think a paper map offers more situational awareness. You can see proportion or relative distance. You can see beyond the next few roads. You can see options or escape routes.
But a paper map is useless if you do not have an inner compass or solid understanding of north, south, east, west.
He is just lazy. He has no idea what he is talking about. The GPS cannot see road rule signs and such, or temporary road blocks. I have had them tell me I went past it and to make a U turn and go back and of course right there is a “no U turn” sign. I can’t even count how many times they sent me down a road and one block later there is a sign that says “No commercial traffic” and there is absolutely nowhere to turn my rig around.
I gave mine away and call my pick up/delivery destination to get directions, or stop and read a map on the way into town, or stop and ask someone local.
Bingo!
“Recalculating......Recalculating.....”
“They are all in your head.”
Don’t call me a liar...
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=Death+by+GPS&ia=web
Happens all the time.
GPS is OK as something to consult for an opinion.
Do not trust that the CCP can not screw with it.
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