Wednesday, June 9, 2010

When Common Sense Gets in the Way

I own a GPS and have been in situations where the GPS tells me to turn down a certain road and my instincts are all at odds with what the GPS is telling me.  Could be that dirt road that I am going down that gives me the hint.  Or the fact that the road is closed.  However, I do admit to occasionally blindly follow what the GPS is telling me.  I remember turning down a dirt road following the GPS in California. 

But I have never gone as far as the group of three South Korean tourists in Queensland, Australia who followed their GPS until it led them to get their rented Ford sedan stuck in the middle of the field.  According to police, the tourists followed gravel roads, dirt roads, and even opened up a few closed gates in Cordalba State Forest in order to comply with their GPS instructions - all the while ignoring several warning signs along the way.  

So the next time that nice lady on the GPS tells you to drive the car over that cliff, you may wish to think twice.

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