Woman Trusts Sat Nav Too Much

A woman in England put too much trust in her satellite navigation of her car. She followed the directions it gave her and drove into a river! Evidently, the satnav did not tell the woman to slam the breaks on or to go around the swollen river. She survived but her Mercedes SL500 did not.

The issue with sat navs is you have to keep them updated especially if you are going on a trip. Even in this case I don't know if it would have mattered. The sat navs cannot direct you around fallen logs in the road, tornadoes that happen to form in your path, or even in this case flooding rivers. Maps only represent the landscape. Electronic maps are no different. You still have to be alert and use those cells between the ears when driving.

By the way, the article does not say if the woman was blonde or not (yea, I know I am terrible, but I could not resist!)