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News: Your SatNav: A Potential Killing Machine?

pocketgpsworld.comWe've all had a good laugh at the expense of those who blindly follow their SatNav's directions and find themselves on farm tracks or 100's of miles from where they expected.

But have you ever thought how serious too much of a reliance on GPS could be, especially if it gets you stranded for days at a time?

Boston.com reports that a couple who relied on their SatNav to guide them through the high desert of Eastern Oregon got stuck in snow for three days down a remote forest road.

And Yahoo reports another Oregon couple who blindly followed their SatNav (a parental Christmas gift) into the mountains on Christmas Eve and eventually got stuck in the snow, with their 11 month old daughter. The couple actually filmed a goodbye video after spending the night in their car.

SatNavs routinely direct drivers through thousands of miles of forest service logging mountain roads which are often impassable with snow.

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Posted on Monday, January 04 @ 19:33:19 UTC by Rob Brady

 
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