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To: buckalfa

I don’t know, the one we saw the other day might beat it. Guy in a U-haul truck stopped at a very low underpass with all kinds of warning signs long before you get to it. The underpass has a huge heavy metal beam across the entrance so that over height trucks will it before they hit the bridge because it has happened so many times. He stopped just short of hitting the beam.

Traffic backed up. So someone got out and told the guy he is not going to get under that and he has to turn around. The guy yelled back “My GPS said I can go this way!” and proceeded to try anyhow wedging the truck under the rail and then he could not get it back out. It was stuck there for two hours before a tow truck winched him out.

We live in a world where tech tells us our own eyes and common sense are not smarter than the tech. And some are stupid enough to completely trust it.


11 posted on 11/11/2024 8:35:46 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: Openurmind

GPS has made worse errors.

They sent a young family with a very young baby across the N Nevada desert in winter—heading to Sale Lake City.

The FOOL DRIVER asked for ‘the shortest route”.

They would have died out there if a rancher had not gone out to check water tanks for his cattle. They were already out of food & had no blankets, etc.

NOT much cell service out there, either.


12 posted on 11/11/2024 8:44:11 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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