Driver puts faith in GPS, shears off top of charter bus on bridge

As of today, we're taking bets to see how long it will take before people realize that "GPS" does not stand for "Auto Pilot." The latest "But the GPS told me to..." story is brought to you by a charter bus driver in Seattle. Piloting a coach through the Washington Arboretum -- as the GPS instructed him -- the driver ignored, or didn't see, or didn't believe (take your pick) the flashing lights and sign warning him that his 11-foot-high bus was too tall for the looming 9-foot concrete overpass.

You can see how the story ends. The overpass ended up with some superficial damage, the coach got a removable top, and the girls softball team inside received some minor injuries. Luckily, the 60-inch sewage pipe inside the overpass wasn't ruptured. The driver was ticketed for $154. And in response to the charter company executive who remarked, "We just thought it would be a safe route because, why else would they have a selection for a bus?", a Garmin spokesman responded "Stoplights aren't in our databases, either, but you're still expected to stop for stoplights."

简单翻译，驾驶员听信了GPS的路线，没想到车辆超高撞桥
题外话：貌似外国都是Garmin，很普及啊



[ 本帖最后由 msforza 于 2008-4-19 10:34 编辑 ]

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原帖由 van601030 于 2008-4-19 09:21 发表
这跟GPS有关系么?!

我把新闻贴上了！！！！！