I have driven for over 40 years, and I had an almost perfect driving
record. Just two minor fender benders in all these years. In May I
bought a Tomtom GPS. Since then, I have had 32 accidents, and now I
lost my license. That goddamn GPS keeps saying "turn left" (or
right), where there is no road. I turn as it tells me, and I have
gone into a ditch numerous times, hit a few trees, smashed into 3
houses and a store, hit another car, hit a guard rail, crashed into a
rock wall, went off a bridge, and even ran someone over a pedestrian
and killed her. I spent my entire life savings buying 18 new cars in
the last 4 months as well as spending more time in the body shop then
I ever spent before. One car even broke in half when I hit that rock
wall, and landed me in the hospital in critical condition after the
fire department had to use the jaws of life to remove me. Besides
losing my license, my insurance was cancelled from 5 companies and no
one will insure me anymore.

I told the insurance agents, the police, and the judge that I am only
doing what my Tomtom tells me to do.

Why does it tell me to turn where there are no roads? There is
usually a road ahead, but when it says turn, I turn. I was taught to
follow directions, and that is what I'm doing.

On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:11:31 -0500, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I have driven for over 40 years, and I had an almost perfect driving
> record. Just two minor fender benders in all these years. In May I
> bought a Tomtom GPS. Since then, I have had 32 accidents, and now I
> lost my license. That goddamn GPS keeps saying "turn left" (or
> right), where there is no road. I turn as it tells me, and I have
> gone into a ditch numerous times, hit a few trees, smashed into 3
> houses and a store, hit another car, hit a guard rail, crashed into a
> rock wall, went off a bridge, and even ran someone over a pedestrian
> and killed her. I spent my entire life savings buying 18 new cars in
> the last 4 months as well as spending more time in the body shop then
> I ever spent before. One car even broke in half when I hit that rock
> wall, and landed me in the hospital in critical condition after the
> fire department had to use the jaws of life to remove me. Besides
> losing my license, my insurance was cancelled from 5 companies and no
> one will insure me anymore.
>
> I told the insurance agents, the police, and the judge that I am only
> doing what my Tomtom tells me to do.
>
> Why does it tell me to turn where there are no roads? There is
> usually a road ahead, but when it says turn, I turn. I was taught to
> follow directions, and that is what I'm doing.

I presume that posters here will be able to think of a direction or two that
your obedient nature will find to be irresistible.

Tony

<(E-Mail Removed)> schreef in bericht
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have driven for over 40 years, and I had an almost perfect driving
> record. Just two minor fender benders in all these years. In May I
> bought a Tomtom GPS. Since then, I have had 32 accidents, and now I
> lost my license. That goddamn GPS keeps saying "turn left" (or
> right), where there is no road. I turn as it tells me, and I have
> gone into a ditch numerous times, hit a few trees, smashed into 3
> houses and a store, hit another car, hit a guard rail, crashed into a
> rock wall, went off a bridge, and even ran someone over a pedestrian
> and killed her. I spent my entire life savings buying 18 new cars in
> the last 4 months as well as spending more time in the body shop then
> I ever spent before. One car even broke in half when I hit that rock
> wall, and landed me in the hospital in critical condition after the
> fire department had to use the jaws of life to remove me. Besides
> losing my license, my insurance was cancelled from 5 companies and no
> one will insure me anymore.
>
> I told the insurance agents, the police, and the judge that I am only
> doing what my Tomtom tells me to do.
>
> Why does it tell me to turn where there are no roads? There is
> usually a road ahead, but when it says turn, I turn. I was taught to
> follow directions, and that is what I'm doing.
>


GPS is not meant to be a replacement for common sense.



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On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:11:31 -0500, (E-Mail Removed)
wrote:

> I have driven for over 40 years, and I had an almost perfect driving
> record. Just two minor fender benders in all these years. In May I
> bought a Tomtom GPS. Since then, I have had 32 accidents, and now I
> lost my license. That goddamn GPS keeps saying "turn left" (or
> right), where there is no road. I turn as it tells me, and I have
> gone into a ditch numerous times, hit a few trees, smashed into 3
> houses and a store, hit another car, hit a guard rail, crashed into a
> rock wall, went off a bridge, and even ran someone over a pedestrian
> and killed her. I spent my entire life savings buying 18 new cars in
> the last 4 months as well as spending more time in the body shop then
> I ever spent before. One car even broke in half when I hit that rock
> wall, and landed me in the hospital in critical condition after the
> fire department had to use the jaws of life to remove me. Besides
> losing my license, my insurance was cancelled from 5 companies and no
> one will insure me anymore.
>
> I told the insurance agents, the police, and the judge that I am only
> doing what my Tomtom tells me to do.
>
> Why does it tell me to turn where there are no roads? There is
> usually a road ahead, but when it says turn, I turn. I was taught to
> follow directions, and that is what I'm doing.

Try a Garmin.

....Your poker-faced satire was evidently quite successful :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Thanks for your humor !

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J-@-ck

<(E-Mail Removed)> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have driven for over 40 years, and I had an almost perfect driving
> record. Just two minor fender benders in all these years. In May I
> bought a Tomtom GPS. Since then, I have had 32 accidents, and now I
> lost my license.
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It seems a joke....

[Cenda]

Never mind! The world has one of the bad driver less.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have driven for over 40 years, and I had an almost perfect driving
> record. Just two minor fender benders in all these years. In May I
> bought a Tomtom GPS. Since then, I have had 32 accidents, and now I
> lost my license. That goddamn GPS keeps saying "turn left" (or
> right), where there is no road. I turn as it tells me, and I have
> gone into a ditch numerous times, hit a few trees, smashed into 3
> houses and a store, hit another car, hit a guard rail, crashed into a
> rock wall, went off a bridge, and even ran someone over a pedestrian
> and killed her. I spent my entire life savings buying 18 new cars in
> the last 4 months as well as spending more time in the body shop then
> I ever spent before. One car even broke in half when I hit that rock
> wall, and landed me in the hospital in critical condition after the
> fire department had to use the jaws of life to remove me. Besides
> losing my license, my insurance was cancelled from 5 companies and no
> one will insure me anymore.
>
> I told the insurance agents, the police, and the judge that I am only
> doing what my Tomtom tells me to do.
>
> Why does it tell me to turn where there are no roads? There is
> usually a road ahead, but when it says turn, I turn. I was taught to
> follow directions, and that is what I'm doing.
>

You should have gone to "Change Preferences" and ticked " avoid delusional
outcomes"

AJM

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:18:43 +0100, AJM wrote:

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>> Why does it tell me to turn where there are no roads? There is usually
>> a road ahead, but when it says turn, I turn. I was taught to follow
>> directions, and that is what I'm doing.
>>
>>
> You should have gone to "Change Preferences" and ticked " avoid
> delusional outcomes"
>
> AJM

Now why would you wanna go an spoil all his fun?

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have driven for over 40 years, and I had an almost perfect driving
> record. Just two minor fender benders in all these years.
<snip>

Please consider GPS directions like one would similarly consider speed limit
signs... as a general recommendation. Keep you eyes on the road. That's more
important than the GPS.

When I first got my TT, I ran a few nav tests against directions I already
knew. It didn't take the route that I would have chosen and there were
streets that are now one way where it told me to make illegal turns. Just go
a safe direction. The nice thing about the GPS is that it will tell you how
to get back on track if you stray. Enroute sometimes the signal drops out
or gets distorted and the display gyrates a bit. When in doubt, pull over
and give it a chance to stabilize again.