Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Life threatening SatNav (taken from "The Register")

Two ambulance drivers' unswerving obedience to their satnav system ended up turning a 30 minute hospital transfer into an eight hour, 430 mile wild goose chase.
The crew were supposed to be moving a male mental patient from King George hospital in Ilford (UK) to Mascalls Park hospital near Brentwood, a 12 mile journey, but a faulty satnav system directed the London Ambulance crew 200 miles off course - and they ended up in Warley, Manchester.

Check out the full story here

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