Put too much faith in technology and you may wind up in Croatia.
A 67-year-old woman from Belgium learned that the hard way after she followed (faulty) directions from her GPS device.
The woman only wanted to go about 140km from her hometown of Hainault Erquelinnes, Belgium, to pick up a friend at the Brussels train station. Her GPS device sent her about 1500km to the south before (during the second day of driving) she realized that something was amiss.
Sabine's cross continental road trip. Picture: Google Maps
The driver, Sabine Moreau, stopped twice for gas, slept on the side of the road, and "even suffered a minor car accident" along the way. She told El Mundo that she wasn't paying attention.
It's believed she drove through France, Germany, Austria and Slovenia on the way.
I was distracted, so I kept driving. I saw all kinds of traffic signs, first in French, then German and finally in Croatian, but I kept driving because I was distracted. Suddenly I appeared in Zagreb and I realized I wasn't in Belgium anymore.
It's unclear if she entered the address incorrectly or if the GPS was faulty.
The lesson here: If you start seeing road signs in (multiple) foreign languages, pull over. You're probably going the wrong way.
Source: Yahoo US
Has your GPS ever told you to take a wrong turn?
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11 Comments
The lady is surely one person who should not be allowed to drive a motor vehicle.
Replybeen to 51 countries, used maps compass and tom tom This beats all, for instance in Fr, you have to stop and pay tolls as you do in other places along that road, you also have to pass passport control in Slovenia and Croatia, so sorry this is a fabrication, funny though
4 RepliesVery fany and sed to . GPS can direct wrrong way if the reception is no rigth but the best think to do is stop and reset GPS and then put the new proper info in it.
ReplyShe must be just about the dumbest person in the whole world. She shouldn't even have a driving licence.
ReplyMakes me wonder how some people managed to survive long enough to get a drivers licence. Stupidity!
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