Man drives into river after GPS told him to, police say

[still_one]

The beauty of technology is that it sometimes saves us from having to think. The ugliness of technology is that it can, at times, encourage us not to think at all.

And so it is that we turn to yet another human being who allegedly trusted a gadget, even when his eyes must have told him he was being led astray.

As the Shanghaiist reports, a driver in Anhui, China, admitted to police he wasn't familiar with the local roads.

So he relied on his car's GPS. Yes, even when it led him into a river. It reportedly took police half a day to get the car out.

https://www.cnet.com/news/man-drives-into-river-gps-china/

[Jonny Appleseed]

1. Was his name Michael?

https://vimeo.com/15390422

[grantcart]

10. my favorite moment in the series

[yagotme]

2. Can't remember how many times...

my GPS was wrong. Not by a little, like a house or two. A block. Or even more. Lots and lots more.

[tavernier]

3. Ours took hubby and me to a cemetery

and announced, "You have arrived at your destination."

[yagotme]

4. Hope it wasn't your "final" destination...

[mainer]

6. haha, mine took me to a funeral home and said the same thing

it wasn't funny at the time.

[crazycatlady]

5. About 10 years ago

There was an incident where a GPS told a driver to turn onto train tracks. The driver was killed by a train.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Mine pouts when I ignore her advice. Stops talking altogether.

But eventually, she recalculates back into being her usual helpful self. She knows that I keep a Rand McNally road atlas right next to the driver's seat and I'm not afraid to use it. We have an understanding now.

My PC, on the other hand, has had it in for me since the very beginning.

[sl8]

8. I wonder what voice his GPS is using?

I selected a British woman for the voice of mine and that might have been a mistake. She just sounds so darned trustworthy, I'm inclined to believe any damned thing she tells me.

I need something like the voice of Jon Lovett's Pathological Liar.

[NastyRiffraff]

9. Is there a Trump voice?

You'd have to disregard everything it told you!

[sl8]

11. Bite your tongue.

Also, go to your room and think about what you've said.

Consider self-flagellation.

[NastyRiffraff]

14. Mea culpa! O! Mea maxima culpa!

[Laffy Kat]

13. Yeah, that's the ticket. nt

[Wounded Bear]

12. Any chance he wants to emigrate to Florida?