http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/ Engadget Comments for Trucker blindly follows GPS, gets wedged in farm lane http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/ Are we really supposed to believe that this farm lane actually
> showed up on any GPS map

The fact that it has the bilingual sign tells me that it's a public road - albeit a public road that only leads to a farm or two. So yes, it would certainly be included on a GPS map.
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Don't like the topic, don't post. Simple enough for even you to understand.

Perhaps you're just bitter because you too have been misguided by your GPS and it makes you want to die a little inside whenever you see someone else suffer the same fate.

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FAIL.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
2 - It obviously is mapped if it showed up on a GPS.

So what does that make your post? Oh yes it makes it a 'FAIL' except that's the sort of thing only idiots say.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/ Wouldn't that allow you more time to pave/map said roads???

It is paved, and it is mapped.
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a woman is suing Starbucks for giving her a hot latte which she spilled on herself. ]]>Feb 22nd 2008 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
There is a limit on how hot a store can make beverages. Should a person be burned just because they had an accident? The beverage shouldn't be that hot anyway. The reason they make drinks that really hot is because it save the company money. The hotter the water the less coffee beans they need to use.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
For god sakes, even if you were following along with a GPS surely you must glance at the road once in a while!!! If a 2 year old can figure out you can't fit a square peg in a round hole why can't these "grown adults" come to the realization that you can't drive a damn semi down some farmers mud road.

I'll say it again, common sense needs to be a bit more common.



Matt]]>Feb 22nd 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
(couldn't resist a bad pun)]]>Feb 22nd 2008 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Ever tried to dislodge an articulated lorry from a narrow country lane? I'll try reverse, thanks.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
Perhaps these people should invest in one of those "secret" Navitron Autodrive systems that Red Barclay(RIP) used...]]>Feb 22nd 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/

I hope that ironing is a horrible typo and that you know that correct word is *irony*]]>Feb 22nd 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
Clearly you have never seen The Simpsons.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
-- Ted Kaczynski]]>Feb 22nd 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
However, the article states that this was the drivers *personal* satnav. I certainly haven't seen any of the 100 quid TomToms etc. come with the size/weight restrictions features...]]>Feb 22nd 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
People complain that they dislike the prospect of computer-controlled cars that drive themselves, but obviously computer-assisted human drivers aren't exactly Mensa material either.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 22nd 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 29th 2008 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/Feb 25th 2008 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
I wouldn't blame the truckers, I wouldn't put all the blame on the GPS manufacturers either. I think the biggest issue is that the GPS devices don't have an option to choose: number of axles, gross weight, etc.

These one time configurations will help a lot. Of it might also require TelAtlas or Navteq to start tagging roads with weight class settings, but shouldn't they have done that in the first place?]]>Feb 22nd 2008 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/
But, it seems, we are not as prone to follow our robotic masters as often, are we?]]>Feb 22nd 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/trucker-blindly-follows-gps-gets-wedged-in-farm-lane/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/04/man-follows-gps-directions-onto-train-tracks-into-dummy-hall-of/]]>Feb 22nd 2008 11:50AM