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News: Family Blames Sat Nav For Four Days of Misery
Yet again, some unfortunates have been left stranded due to an over reliance on their sat nav.
The Telegraph reports that a British couple, along with their son, his friend and their dog were relocating from Brisbane to Perth when their sat nav directed them down a muddy dirt track in the Australian Outback.
That simple error stranded them for four days with limited supplies of water and sandwiches when their vehicle slipped into a ditch and became stuck in thick mud due to ongoing torrential rain in the area.
They were in fact very lucky that their situation was not a lot worse... they actually managed to get a signal on their phone and called the Australian police for help.
The police gave them an answer they probably didn't quite expect. They informed them that the continuing storm was making the terrain so bad that they wouldn't be able to rescue them for several days.
An official helicopter was not available for the rescue and, because it wasn't a medical emergency, there was no possibility of an ambulance aircraft either.
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Posted on Thursday, March 10 @ 16:23:35 UTC by Rob Brady |
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