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Re: Another GPS-aided accident
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2008 Nov 11, 10:18 -0800

And that is based on my experience representing GPS manufacturors when they were sued anytime one of their units was in an airplane that crashed. They always came up with some BS theory that the accident had been caused by a malfunction of the GPS. That is why avionics are so expensive, litigation costs for BS lawsuits.

gl

--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Gary LaPook <glapook@pacbell.net> wrote:

From: Gary LaPook <glapook@pacbell.net>
Subject: [NavList 6501] Re: Another GPS-aided accident
To: NavList@fer3.com
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 10:13 AM
I think his lawyer made this up so he can sue garmin.

gl

--- On Tue, 11/11/08, youngjs@aol.com <youngjs@aol.com> wrote:
From: youngjs@aol.com <youngjs@aol.com>
Subject: [NavList 6496] Re: Another GPS-aided accident
To: NavList@fer3.com
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 8:58 AM
GPS was just the excuse used by a careless driver.

When my son was born more than 25 years ago, I was going home around midnight after being at the hospital with my wife during labor/delivery since early that morning. I encountered a car stuck on the tracks because the driver had turned onto them thinking in the dark that it was a road. Since there was someone there already helping her, I just drove on. Then I realized that since her helper was not having much success that the car might still be there when a train came by and the noise of the crash might disturb my sleep.
I checked to make sure that I had my chain in my International Travelall and went back, gave one end of the chain to the helper to attach to the stuck car and then I hooked the chain to my trailer hitch. I pulled the car sideways off the tracks. She drove on her way and I went home to sleep.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lu Abel <lunav@abelhome.net>
To: Navigation <NavList@fer3.com>
Sent: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:51 pm
Subject: [NavList 6492] Another GPS-aided accident
In-car GPS unit tells man to turn onto tracks in front of oncoming train...

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