Oct
26
2010
A Swedish Couple, who wanted to visit the island of Capri accidentally drove to Carpi that is an industrial town in northern Italy. This error apparently occurred because they happened to have misspelt the name in the car’s GPS system. Instead of Capri, they entered Carpi. The unit then sent then to the northern end of Italy about 400 miles off Capri. The mistake was said to be realised only when they went to the nearest tourist office to enquire about the directions for Capri’s famous Blue Grotto.
Although the couple was reported to be surprised, they were not angry. As per sources, they got back to the car and resumed their journey to Capri as soon as the confusion was cleared.
Oct
22
2010
A 37 year old man drowned after following the direction of the sat nav blindly. The sat nav device was not updated with proper maps to indicate the creation of the reservoir at Capilla in southwestern Spain. An old man aged 38 years escaped from the car as it was submerging inside the water and that he somehow managed to swim to shore.
The survivor said the saviours that the accident happened when the pair tried to discover their path back to home from a fair after 11pm on Saturday. He added that sat nav device of the vehicle directed them down to an old road that ended in the reservoir. Since it was dark, they could not notice water and in very few minutes, the vehicle sank. The authorities did not name the men yet but reports say that they are from Senegal and live in Seville.
There are many such sat nav incident happening now and then. Drivers or the sat nav users should update their map before they visit a new place and that be aware of their surrounding, instead of simply following the gadget.
