Monday, December 08, 2008

Is GPS a lost Cause?

Full article here. It is the first couple of lines that interest me though...

Drivers have been warned not to rely solely on GPS navigation units to find their way around after two Norwegians following their GPS's instructions were shot at by suspected drug traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro slum.

It is believed the drivers had set out to find a bottle shop in downtown Oslo.

So they set out in Oslo to find a bottle shop and their GPS led them to a Rio de Janeiro slum? That is one long drive, no doubt they passed numerous bottle shops on the way. I'd be taking that GPS unit back to the store for a refund.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There was a good local one wasn't there Ben? Type in Mount Buffalo to
Springvale and sent along mountain paths and they came to grief when they slid off a mountain track?

Victor said...

Perhaps their GPS unit needs new batteries? :-)