Bus driver chooses GPS over gigantic warning sign, plows into overpass
by Darren Murph, posted Apr 17th 2008 at 10:56PM
Okay Britons, here's your shot at ripping us Americans who've had quite
a few laughs at the
expense of your GPS-loving
neighbors.
Reportedly, the driver of a charter bus carrying a high school girls'
softball team decided to casually follow the soothing turn-by-turn
directions that were being emitted from the nearby GPS unit rather than
actually noticing the enormous clearance sign on the overpass ahead. As
you can likely guess, the 11-foot, 8-inch-high vehicle plowed right
into the 9-foot bridge -- which was added to the National Register of
Historic Places in 1982 -- though somehow everyone on board escaped
without any major injuries. Oddly enough, the driver apparently isn't
alone in chipping away at the landmark, as a local even mentioned that
"large trucks hit the bridge
every two weeks or so," but couldn't resist noting that "this [instance was] by far the worst."
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/17/bu ... rning-sign-plows-into-ov/