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Related: About this forumWoman drives on railroad tracks because GPS told her to, police say.
http://www.14news.com/2018/11/26/woman-drives-railroad-tracks-because-gps-told-her-police-say/?utm_content=bufferd9965&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=bufferDUQUESNE, PA (RNN) - A driver in Pennsylvania was cited for careless driving after she told police, who found her on the railroad tracks, that her GPS told her to drive on the tracks.
Officers responded to a call for a vehicle on the railroad tracks Wednesday night, according to a Facebook post by the Duquesne Police Department.
The female driver told officers that her GPS directed her down the tracks. According to the post, the driver was sober and had no medical conditions that would have affected her decision-making.
Officers said in the Facebook comments the vehicle had been going straight on the highway before veering off onto the tracks, which parallel the road.
The womans car was towed from the scene, and she was cited for careless driving.
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Woman drives on railroad tracks because GPS told her to, police say. (Original Post)
Stonepounder
Nov 2018
OP
Mike Rows His Boat
(389 posts)1. BREAKING: Weird News story not from Florida.
pansypoo53219
(21,834 posts)2. need a law for dumbasses. 1stdegree stupid. 2nd degree stupid.
3Hotdogs
(13,706 posts)3. Wouldn't ya notice a lot of bigly bumpy things going on under your car?
The Polack MSgt
(13,469 posts)4. That was in Western Pennsylvania, so was this
"I'm not living by their rules any longer"