News Forum - Driver focused on GPS accidentally drives into canal in Korat

[Thaiger]

A driver focused on the GPS accidentally drove into a canal, sinking his pick-up truck. The driver and the other four passengers managed to safely get out of the vehicle. The driver says he was in an area that he wasn’t familiar with in the northeastern province Nakhon Ratchasima, also known as Korat. With his eyes focused more on the GPS than the road, he accidentally drove into the canal. The 39 year old driver Manon shared with the Thai media that he and his family were travelling back home after visiting friends in Nakhon Ratchasima. He decided to use […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

13 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

He decided to use a GPS because it was dark, and he wasn’t familiar with the route.

GPS is the latest thing the nutty drivers blame. But just as the good old brake failure, it's more about brain failure.

[Soidog]

Is there a law against wasting peoples time with BS lies? Focusing on the GPS

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

37 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

A driver focused on the GPS

Gin, Port, Scotch …….

37 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

accidentally drove into a canal

No mention that the Thai Police have checked his blood alcohol level  

[joseph]

If my GPS instructed me to make a U turn I would have to wonder about previous instructions. Oh, yeah it happened again! 

[joseph]

OOps, misread "At one point, he was supposed to make a U-turn, but the GPS told him to go straight".  The GPS didn't tell him to make a U turn, he was just supposed to? This of course makes the incident more understandable.

[Malc-Thai]

Amazing!  always an excuse for an accident in Thailand.. its never their own stupidity!  

[HiuMak]

Must be a U2 GPS..."I still haven't found what i am looking for"

[Guest1]

23 hours ago, joseph said:

If my GPS instructed me to make a U turn I would have to wonder about previous instructions. Oh, yeah it happened again! 

Joseph, this can happen, on roads with u-turns, instead of turn right junctions. There are lots of them on Thai "highways"!

[Guest1]

On 3/11/2022 at 5:52 PM, Soidog said:

Is there a law against wasting peoples time with BS lies? Focusing on the GPS

Is there a Thai soap, called "GPS"?