# Driver follows GPS into sand **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 11, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733 "2006-10-11T08:47:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rust-E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@Rust-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rust-E)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/1 "2006-10-11T08:47:29Z")
**[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20555319-13762,00.html](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20555319-13762,00.html)** **AN 80-year-old German motorist has obediently followed his navigation system all the way into a huge pile of sand, abrubtly bringing his trip to an end.** The motorist ignored a motorway “closed for construction” sign and crashed his Mercedes into a pile of sand further down the road, police have said. “The driver was following the orders from his navigation system and even though there was a sufficient number of warnings and barricades, he continued his journey into the construction site,” a police spokeswoman has said. “His trip finally ended when he wound up crashing into a pile of sand,” she added. The driver and his wife escaped uninjured from the collision, which occurred on a motorway near Hamburg. wow… ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/2 "2006-10-11T09:05:14Z")
yeah, i let my computer and smart phone do most of my thinking for me. i totally would have done the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Rust-E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@Rust-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rust-E)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/3 "2006-10-11T09:11:37Z")
sorry stupid thread i know… i just thought it was funny that it happened around here. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/4 "2006-10-11T09:26:21Z")
Around here? ---
**Author:** ![Denton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Denton](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Denton)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/5 "2006-10-11T09:39:17Z")
That would be Hamburg Germany. The funny thing is, I bet you think the German guy is a dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/6 "2006-10-11T09:40:42Z")
> [@Rust-E](#): > > sorry stupid thread i know… i just thought it was funny that it happened around here. its not stupid… unless you were that guy ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/7 "2006-10-11T10:19:18Z")
If I would have followed my borrowed nav system that closely on my way back from NC I would have drove off an overpass at about 100 feet in the air. It seems they re-designed the interchange and had not updated the GPS map yet. It was beeping at me telling me to exit left when I was 100 feet off the ground with no exit in sight. EDIT: I bet in the US I could have found a lawyer to help me sue Garmin, the construction company, and the map maker had I done it though. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTSi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/8 "2006-10-11T14:29:58Z")
> [@Rust-E](#): > > i just thought it was funny that it happened around here. > [@Denton](#): > > That would be Hamburg Germany. hahahahahahaha… ---
**Author:** ![BaD\_AZz\_Z\_28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@BaD\_AZz\_Z\_28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BaD_AZz_Z_28)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/9 "2006-10-11T15:23:20Z")
> [@Denton](#): > > That would be Hamburg Germany. > > The funny thing is, I bet you think the German guy is a dumbass. :lol: ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/10 "2006-10-11T15:28:10Z")
> [@Denton](#): > > That would be Hamburg Germany. > > The funny thing is, I bet you think the German guy is a dumbass. I LOL’d ---
**Author:** ![Rust-E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@Rust-E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rust-E)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/11 "2006-10-11T19:41:58Z")
lol whatever… i know nothing about germany… i don’t live there so forgive me… lol thought it was ironic hamburg… we happen to have one… :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driver-follows-gps-into-sand/18733/12 "2006-10-11T20:34:30Z")
> [@Denton](#): > > That would be Hamburg Germany. > > The funny thing is, I bet you think the German guy is a dumbass. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA