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["Thor Burfine" <thor@cpcinc.net>]

It sounds more like the mapping company has some poor maps they are putting in the devices and not the GPS units themselves

 

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Thorton K. Burfine
thor@cpcinc.net
C – 832-651-6328
F – 832-550-2749

 

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From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jyaniro@aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 1:56 PM
To: MSAR-Riders@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [MSAR] (no subject)

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Can you believe that it is already March? The weather is suppose to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, right? I love the snow, but I think we have had enough of it this year!

 

 Here's a story you might enjoy!

 

  Claim: Navigation devices get drivers lost  

British drivers are being led astray by navigation devices  
that are supposed to make driving easier, a published report  
said. Satellite navigation systems, called GPS in the United  
States and SatNavs in Europe, have become so popular that 2.3  
million of them were purchased in Britain last year, The  
Washington Times reported. But the country's small villages,  
narrow curvy roads, wetlands, streams and bridges apparently  
hamper the effectiveness of these high-tech devices. One  
SatNav mistake led army tanks down a small lane in the quaint  
village of Donnington several times, because the navigation  
device confused the village with the Donnington barracks 15  
miles away, the newspaper said. A resident of the village said  
it was "like an invasion." Railroad officials said SatNavs  
cause $20 million in damages annually by leading vehicles  
onto 2,000 railroad bridges a year.  

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