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No but you can apparently enhance it it GPS.

I'll leave it up to you what "enhance" means in this case.]]>Oct 20th 2006 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/Oct 20th 2006 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/
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The GPS must have told him to take a left while he was on the Karlstrasse turning right onto onto the street which is on the far left side of the building he turned into. So he thought that was the street since it looks like it is a street going to the Autobahn.

Red is what the gps told him to do. but Blue is what he thought it meant. So it sucks that he followed it closely but a little bit too early.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1598/albtalbahnhofjs0.jpg
pic taken with google earth

Emanuel]]>Oct 20th 2006 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/Oct 20th 2006 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/
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Thanks Emanuel for the info, that's a mistake someone could easily make.. but he did kinda go far into the station without realizing he's not on a road. That may be odd to us Americans, but I dont know the area. It's still funny, but kinda sad in a way.]]>Oct 21st 2006 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/Oct 21st 2006 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/Oct 21st 2006 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/



Google Earth - New Placemark

8.39618499741851
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root://styleMaps#default+nicon=0x307+hicon=0x317

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(I hope this looks correct after posting)

I suppose the driver came from the right (=north).]]>Oct 21st 2006 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/Oct 21st 2006 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/
the same thing could have just as easily happen here. We also call them tram cars (actually I've probably never used streetcar). But they're pretty common over here. I'm sure not as common in Europe though.

As Emmanuel's picture shows, this really doesn't seem quite that hard to do. Now granted, the guy was paying attention to his GPS more then his driving, which make me wonder if having a GPS system is really actually beneficial.]]>Oct 21st 2006 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/Oct 21st 2006 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/Oct 22nd 2006 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/Oct 21st 2006 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/the-bmw-commuter-train/Oct 21st 2006 5:23PM