A schedule of only 60 km drive will be a big trip of 1450 km due to misguided guidance of GPS navigation

ByPlantronics germany

I set a destination 38 miles (61 km) ahead with GPS Navi to pick up a friend, but in Belgium I got a case in Belgium that I ran over a distance more than 20 times the planned.

Oma volgt gps naar Brussel en stopt pas in Kroatië - Het Nieuwsblad
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20130112_00431308


GPS failure leaves Belgian woman in Zagreb two days later - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/9798779/GPS-failure-leaves-Belgian-woman-in-Zagreb-two-days-later.html


Belgian woman ends up in Zagreb after GPS failure | New Europe
http://www.neurope.eu/article/belgian-woman-ends-zagreb-after-gps-failure


I was driving a car near Ercrinne, Hainaut in Belgium,Saul-sur-SambreMr. Sabineu Morrow living in (67). In order to pick up a friend waiting in Brussels, I set up GPS navi and went out.

Without anything, it was 38 miles (about 61 km) from Morrow 's house to Brussels, but my son contacted the police even after the lapse of time, so Mr. Morrow notified me that the incident was discovered.

According to Mr. Morrow's son, Mr. Morrow called the phone just before the police who finished searching for the house began a nationwide search. Morrow came to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, after two days of being missing.

Originally planned to run Mr. MorrowAssumed. The distance from Saul-sur-Sambru to Brussels station is 72.2 km, it takes 1 hour.

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Morrow, who had no doubt while he was running on the wrong road, says, "Because he was murky, he stepped on the accelerator anyway."

On this journey, Mr. Morrow is refueling twice, causing a small traffic accident and taking a few hours of nap by the side of the car. Still, Mr. Morrow who did not think that it was a mistake at all, he said, "I finally realized that I am not in Belgium after arriving in Zagreb", it was confirmed that the event was safe at the end of a trip over several countries It was.

Following the route Morrow actually would have runIs here. The distance is 1317 km, and it takes 12 hours. It seems that it takes around 22 hours to go without using toll roads and highways. Mr. Morrow drove her car by herself and said she returned home via Luxembourg.

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By the way, this is the second time that Mr. Morrow became missing due to GPS Navi.

In Japan, accidents that occurred because of car navigation systems being operated rather than major accidents due to car navigation induction errors are more news, but in March 2012An accident happened when Japanese tourists were traveling in Australia according to GPS Navi and entered the sea, In AugustA car that got off the ferry in Alaska fell to the sea according to the navigationAccident has also happened, it seems like too much overconfidence in navigation.