Biggest blonde moment in GPS history
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Island of Capri (above)
City of Carpi (Above)The development of the Global Positioning System (GPS) was indeed one of the most major innovations in the past twenty years; with many guided by navigation systems powered by this lovely piece of technology, traveling has been made much easier. That being said, GPS navigation systems may have fixed getting lost, but have not made people any better at spelling.
Here's the deal. A Swedish couple left to go onto a vacation to the island of Capri in southern Italy, and being the modern people they are, brought a GPS. However, when inputting their destination, the misspelled Capri as Carpi. For those who don't know, Carpi is an industrial city in northern Italy. Their misspell lead them, oh about 400 miles of course, give or take.
The best part is the fact that the couple seemed to not question at all the fact that they went 400 miles of course and seemed to forget that they were looking for an island and failed to realize that they crossed no bridges or took any boats to reach their destination. Honestly, I'm not sure how anyone can be so dense, but apparently these two were. I can only surmise they were too busy listening to their Scandinavian metal to notice what was going on.
Lesson learned here people? Always check your spelling, realize what you should be looking for in your destination, and don't always blindly follow the nav system, it's only a machine and can fail. Here's to not getting 400 miles off course anytime soon!
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September 26, 2009 1:31 AM
LOL i think this is sad but funny! i do love a good fail story every now and then! im new to blogger.com so i don't really know how all this stuff works!
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October 27, 2009 11:47 PM
How incredibly sad that neither one of them noticed the mistake. Even worse so that they didn't notice the 400 mile detour! Research, people, research!
December 1, 2009 10:16 AM
Thats funny. I am from Pittsburgh, PA and there is a city on the OTHER side of the country called Pittsburg so the confusing has come to mine, but to actually go 400 miles without knowing? Ridiculous haha.
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January 6, 2010 2:40 PM
I was directing traffic for an event at Penn State University at the BJC, which is just off University Drive. Apparently, there is another University Drive in Hershey, PA, a good 2 hours away. The couple pulled up and asked me where this location was, and I had to give them the pleasant news that they were two hours in the wrong direction...
June 21, 2010 3:02 PM
I feel for those people. :P I would be doing the same thing. I tried following Google's directions once to an amusment park thing. I printed them off and everything. Worst decision ever. Who knew google would lie to me and send me into some random street with the wrong address?
Lesson learned. :3 Pay attention while driving and always stop to ask for directions x)
July 14, 2010 1:19 AM
hahaha that's great. :D
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