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Subject:Re: GPS Can Be Hazardous To Your Vehicle
From:Neil2
Date:Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:05:04 -0700

This is a perfect example of the disconnect discussed in Deep Survival
(text).  While I was reading it we here had the thread on transportation of
propane via vanagons (which also was a 'disconnect') in some of our minds.

On 4/17/08, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Only skightly off topic considering the number of us that use GPS based
> navigation systems in our Vanagons:
>
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004354292_webbuscrash17.html
> Tab through the pictures!!
> When the driver was asked "What happened?" he responded "I was just
> following the onboard GPS system".  I guess that was after disconnecting
> brain.  Maybe I'd better shut up now that I think of the time I almost
> drove
> into a low garage with the Bagawest carrier up top.....
>

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Neil
'82 Diesel Westy
Me other car is Swedish