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    October 27th, 2008 05:51 PM #1
    Yan na nga ba ang sinasabi ko sa mga "driver conveniences" eh. What's wrong with just asking for directions and stopping to read the signs, like normal people do?

    Driver follows GPS directions into lake
    Agence France-Presse | 10/25/2008 8:10 PM

    WARSAW - A Polish driver who was too sure of his GPS road navigation device ended up neck-deep in a lake after ignoring road signs warning of a dead-end ahead, Polish police said Friday.

    "The man took a road that was closed a year ago when the area was flooded to make an artificial lake serving as a water reservoir -- he ignored three road signs warning of a dead-end," Piotr Smolen, police spokesman in Glubczyce, southern Poland, told AFP Friday.

    "It was still night time and he didn't notice the road led into the lake. His GPS told him to drive straight ahead and he did," Smolen said, adding the driver had not been under the influence of alcohol.

    The road ran straight downhill into the lake. The Mercedes mini-van was nearly entirely submerged and was unable to back out on its own after being inundated with water.

    The driver and two passengers escaped unharmed from the submerged vehicle and waited on its roof for police and fire rescue crews.

    The driver placed the first call to emergency services while still inside the sinking van.
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    October 27th, 2008 05:54 PM #2
    Hahahaha! :lol:
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    October 27th, 2008 05:57 PM #3
    Seems stupid to us but if you have driven in areas where there are small lakes and ponds near/beside the road, it is a very serious danger to drivers at night.
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    October 27th, 2008 06:01 PM #4
    pwede ito pang MR. BEAN a
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    October 27th, 2008 06:01 PM #5
    Quote Originally Posted by ghosthunter
    Seems stupid to us but if you have driven in areas where there are small lakes and ponds near/beside the road, it is a very serious danger to drivers at night.
    Which is why it's risky driving into unfamiliar territory at night, even with GPS or a map book (in my case).

    However, the driver ignored three road signs warning of a dead end ahead. So yeah, it *is* stupid -- for anyone. :D
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    October 27th, 2008 06:15 PM #6
    wahahaha! nakita na niyang flooded bat diniretso pa rin niya. haha. plus the road signs. haha
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    October 27th, 2008 06:20 PM #7
    ^^The road was only flooded a year ago, not during the time of the incident.

    Pero dinedma pa rin niya yung signs. Ayan tuloy, hehe.
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    October 29th, 2008 09:59 PM #8

    Poor driver, too much trust on technology.... That is why there is a manual override if it doesn't make sense anymore....

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    October 30th, 2008 12:03 AM #9
    plain kabobohan yun... hahaha... nagdala ng GPS pero iniwan ang utak at sintido common
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