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    "Therefore, the [Honda](https://www.autoevolution.com/honda) ended up stuck in the water with no way to get out until a tow truck was called in to pull it back on the road.",
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    "The man says Google Maps sent him on an alternative route, which, judging from the photos he provided on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/236378706946641/permalink/828450271072812), crossed through a pond with rather deep water."
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    "# Yet Another Person Listens to GPS App and Drives Car Into Lake",
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    "Tara Guertin lent her Jeep to her Connecticut-based friends Jan. 12 while they were in town, [KUSA](https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-now/waze-unable-to-explain-how-car-ended-up-in-lake-champlain/465-6e2e0f8f-940d-43ea-a903-3743703ce985) reported."
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    "How Tara Guertin's vehicle got there: She says friends who were driving it were misled by faulty directions given by Google's Waze.",
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    "Luckily, the driver and passengers were able to scramble out of the vehicle as it sank.",
    "[WCAX](http://www.wcax.com/content/news/Submerged-car-to-be-removed-from-Lake-Champlain-470534153.html) documents the logistical difficulties an underwater salvage company had in retrieving the car, which was said to have been submerged for 10 days."
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    "How Tara Guertin's vehicle got there: She says friends who were driving it were misled by faulty directions given by Google's Waze.",
    "The *[Burlington Free Press](http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/01/23/waze-google-lake-champlain-car/1057316001/)* reports Guertin had let three pals from Connecticut borrow her Jeep for their road trip to Burlington, Vt., and as they drove in the area on a rainy, foggy Jan. 12, they relied on the Waze GPS app\u2014which combines preset directions with updates from users on everything from traffic slowdowns to speed traps\u2014to steer them in the right direction.",
    "Except it wasn't the right direction: It was right off a boat launch near a local Coast Guard station, causing the Jeep to sink 100 feet into the water before those in the car could figure out what had happened."
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   "title": "Man Blindly Following GPS Drives Jeep Into Icy Lake -",
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    "The unnamed driver of the Jeep Compass \u201cfollowed the GPS directions, which advised to go straight, and upon following this he went down the boat ramp onto the ice,\u201d the report read.",
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    "Vermont resident Tara Guertin, who lent her Jeep to her three friends from Connecticut, said they were following directions from Waze, and that when she repeated the trip with her Waze, she was again led to the same frozen lake and instructed to move in."
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    "It happened in India, where a car, which, according to some witnesses, was traveling very fast, took a wrong turn based on the directions provided by Google Maps.",
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    "A few residents jumped into the water, trying to get the passengers out of the vehicle, eventually managing to save three of the five people.",
    "Two doctors drowned, and rescuers pulled their bodies out of the water in the morning.",
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   "url": "https://www.autoevolution.com/news/driver-claims-gps-navigation-sent-him-in-a-lake-so-he-obeyed-158385.html",
   "title": "Driver Claims GPS Navigation Sent Him in a Lake, So He Obeyed",
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    "If you still needed more evidence that always trusting a navigation app is a bad thing, here\u2019s the story of an American driver who ended up with his car in Buffumville Lake in Charlton after blindly following GPS instructions.",
    "And the Charlton Fire Department explains the driver managed to get out of the car on his own, eventually reaching the shore and waiting for the emergency teams to pull out the vehicle from the lake as well."
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   "url": "https://www.autoevolution.com/news/driver-claims-gps-navigation-sent-him-in-a-lake-so-he-obeyed-158385.html",
   "title": "Driver Claims GPS Navigation Sent Him in a Lake, So He Obeyed",
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   "location": "Buffumville Lake, Charlton, USA",
   "people": "An American driver / operator",
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    "If you still needed more evidence that always trusting a navigation app is a bad thing, here\u2019s the story of an American driver who ended up with his car in Buffumville Lake in Charlton after blindly following GPS instructions.",
    "And the Charlton Fire Department explains the driver managed to get out of the car on his own, eventually reaching the shore and waiting for the emergency teams to pull out the vehicle from the lake as well."
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    "If you still needed more evidence that always trusting a navigation app is a bad thing, here\u2019s the story of an American driver who ended up with his car in Buffumville Lake in Charlton after blindly following GPS instructions.",
    "And the Charlton Fire Department explains the driver managed to get out of the car on his own, eventually reaching the shore and waiting for the emergency teams to pull out the vehicle from the lake as well."
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    "And the Charlton Fire Department explains the driver managed to get out of the car on his own, eventually reaching the shore and waiting for the emergency teams to pull out the vehicle from the lake as well.",
    "Local officials claim the vehicle was almost entirely submerged into water, as it was pulled from about 10 feet (a little over 3 meters) in the lake.",
    "\u201c*@charltonfirema was dispatched this morning to Buffumville Lake boat launch for reports of a vehicle in the water. The operator who self extricated himself was transported to a Worcester hospital for evaluation. Members from @MAFireDistrict 7 Dive Team responded and recovered the submerged vehicle,*\u201d the local fire department said in a post on Facebook (embedded below)."
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    "If you still needed more evidence that always trusting a navigation app is a bad thing, here\u2019s the story of an American driver who ended up with his car in Buffumville Lake in Charlton after blindly following GPS instructions.",
    "In other words, the man was driving on the route suggested by the [GPS navigation](https://www.autoevolution.com/news/garmin-launches-its-largest-gps-navigator-built-with-rvs-in-mind-154123.html) in his car when he suddenly fell into a river, according to information shared by the local authorities."
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   "url": "https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/06/massachusetts-man-drives-into-pond-following-gps-directions.html",
   "title": "Massachusetts Man Drives Into Pond Following GPS Directions",
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    "# Even If Your GPS Says Turn Left, If Left Is a Lake \u2026 Maybe Don\u2019t Listen to Your GPS",
    "Which is what a man in Massachusetts did earlier this month."
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    "# Even If Your GPS Says Turn Left, If Left Is a Lake \u2026 Maybe Don\u2019t Listen to Your GPS",
    "Daniel Alley was driving on Lake Road \u2014 come on, my dude \u2014 early in the morning, [Fox 25 Boston](http://www.fox25boston.com/news/man-drives-into-pond-while-following-gps-directions/538872511) reports.",
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   "url": "https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/06/massachusetts-man-drives-into-pond-following-gps-directions.html",
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    "# Even If Your GPS Says Turn Left, If Left Is a Lake \u2026 Maybe Don\u2019t Listen to Your GPS",
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   "url": "https://cdllife.com/2024/big-rig-goes-into-lake-after-driver-followed-his-gps-down-boat-launch",
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    "The truck driver was not injured, [Castanet ](https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Oliver-Osoyoos/484756/Semi-truck-driver-stuck-in-marina-followed-GPS-down-an-Osoyoos-boat-ramp?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)reports.",
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    "The truck driver was not injured, [Castanet ](https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Oliver-Osoyoos/484756/Semi-truck-driver-stuck-in-marina-followed-GPS-down-an-Osoyoos-boat-ramp?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)reports.",
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   "url": "https://straitstimes.com/world/united-states/take-the-next-u-turn-us-driver-following-gps-plunges-into-lake",
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   "url": "https://straitstimes.com/world/united-states/take-the-next-u-turn-us-driver-following-gps-plunges-into-lake",
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   "url": "https://burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/01/23/waze-google-lake-champlain-car/1057316001",
   "title": "Google: App is often 'most accurate available' despite driver steering into lake",
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   "title": "White van man's hilarious video after pal drove into 70mph river using sat nav",
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    "EXCLUSIVE: Kieren Gibbons, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, was called \"unbelievably stupid\" after following his sat nav, which sent the van submerged into the a tributary of River Ure in nearby Ripon",
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    "EXCLUSIVE: Kieren Gibbons, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, was called \"unbelievably stupid\" after following his sat nav, which sent the van submerged into the a tributary of River Ure in nearby Ripon",
    "Kieren Gibbons, 28, and the driver of the vehicle, were slammed for being \"unbelievably stupid\" after [20 fire crew with four engines rushed their transit van being swept down a tributary to the raging River Ure in Ripon, North Yorkshire](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-slammed-fire-crew-after-20384999) .",
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    "# White van man's hilarious video after pal drove into 70mph river using sat nav",
    "[20 fire crew with four engines rushed their transit van being swept down a tributary to the raging River Ure in Ripon, North Yorkshire](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-slammed-fire-crew-after-20384999) .",
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    "A rescuer clad in scuba diving gear had to aid the operation to free the group in the nick of time.",
    "The van was recovered but may still avoid the scrapheap.",
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    "EXCLUSIVE: Kieren Gibbons, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, was called \"unbelievably stupid\" after following his sat nav, which sent the van submerged into the a tributary of River Ure in nearby Ripon",
    "The response was my SatNav said this way."
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   "url": "https://www.vice.com/en/article/truck-falls-into-river-accident-google-maps-directions/",
   "title": "A Man Drives His Truck Into a River After Following Google Maps Directions",
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   "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/hvkumar/posts/10159301975989565/",
   "title": "HV Kumar - Fan, Forum & Message Board | When you use Google Maps for navigation, you also get a guarantee for a swim once in a while... | Facebook",
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   "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3444477/Polish-motorist-drives-straight-end-pier-blindly-following-advice-SatNav-Germany.html",
   "title": "Polish motorist drives straight off a pier after blindly following his SatNav",
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    "KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii ([HawaiiNewsNow](https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/05/02/tourists-mistakenly-drive-suv-into-hawaii-island-harbor/)/Gray News) - A pair of tourists had a terrifying experience on Saturday evening when their SUV mistakenly ended up in the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Kailua-Kona."
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   "url": "https://carbuzz.com/fact-or-fiction-have-people-driven-into-lakes-because-of-navigation/",
   "title": "Fact Or Fiction: Have People Driven Into Lakes Because Of Navigation?",
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    "## People Still Following GPS Off Shore In 2024",
    "Even as recently as September 2024, there have been reports of people driving their car into water as a result of either blind trust in their [GPS navigation system](https://carbuzz.com/why-connected-cars-are-becoming-a-privacy-nightmare/)'s directions, or confusion regarding it which led to the mistake."
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    "##### ***A woman driver found herself in \u201ddeep water\u201d after following a GPS which directed her car right into Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.***\n\nReported in the [**Toronto Sun**](http://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/13/woman-follows-gps-ends-up-in-ontario-lake), the car had an unexpected stop while the female driver followed the instructions from her [**GPS**](https://hackread.com/tag/GPS/) which directed her to keep driving but it all went wrong when the car ended up sinking in a boat launch on Little Tub Harbour close to midnight."
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   "incident_date": "2016-05",
   "location": "Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada",
   "people": "a 23-year-old woman driver",
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    "##### ***A woman driver found herself in \u201ddeep water\u201d after following a GPS which directed her car right into Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.***\n\nReported in the [**Toronto Sun**](http://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/13/woman-follows-gps-ends-up-in-ontario-lake), the car had an unexpected stop while the female driver followed the instructions from her [**GPS**](https://hackread.com/tag/GPS/) which directed her to keep driving but it all went wrong when the car ended up sinking in a boat launch on Little Tub Harbour close to midnight."
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    "##### ***A woman driver found herself in \u201ddeep water\u201d after following a GPS which directed her car right into Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.***",
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    "##### ***A woman driver found herself in \u201ddeep water\u201d after following a GPS which directed her car right into Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.***\n\nReported in the [**Toronto Sun**](http://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/13/woman-follows-gps-ends-up-in-ontario-lake), the car had an unexpected stop while the female driver followed the instructions from her [**GPS**](https://hackread.com/tag/GPS/) which directed her to keep driving but it all went wrong when the car ended up sinking in a boat launch on Little Tub Harbour close to midnight."
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   "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222224/Judge-Jonathan-Gammon-drowned-car-sat-nav-directed-wife-heavily-flooded-ford.html",
   "title": "Judge Jonathan Gammon drowned in car when sat nav directed wife into heavily-flooded ford",
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    "- Wife Priscilla Turner, 55, was driving him to work but managed to escape car",
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   "title": "Polish driver follows GPS directions into lake !",
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    "A Polish driver who was too sure of his GPS road navigation device ended up neck-deep in a lake after ignoring road signs warning of a dead-end ahead, Polish police said Friday.",
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    "Just found this article on Yahoo news ..... well it made me laugh :o)"
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   "url": "https://abcnews.com/International/woman-drives-car-canadian-bay-gps-wrong-directions/story?id=39115061",
   "title": "Woman Follows GPS, Drives Car Into Canada's Georgian Bay",
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    "May 14, 2016, 12:09 PM",
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    "The woman, who was not familiar with the area, was driving in Tobermory when she missed a right turn and drove straight into a boat launch leading into the Georgian Bay, Katrina Rubinstein-Gilbert, Media and Community Safety Officer for the Bruce Peninsula Ontario Provincial Police, told ABC News."
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   "url": "https://autoevolution.com/news/google-maps-user-says-he-was-looking-at-the-map-when-he-drove-directly-into-a-river-260026.html",
   "title": "Google Maps User Says He Was \"Looking at the Map\" When He Drove Directly Into a River",
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   "people": "Amandeep Singh",
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    "A Google Maps user from India looked at the app for so long that he couldn't see the water in front of the car, eventually driving directly into a river.",
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   "url": "https://foxnews.com/tech/driver-ends-up-in-lake-champlain-after-using-googles-waze",
   "title": "Driver ends up in Lake Champlain after using Google's Waze",
   "incident_date": "2018-01-12",
   "location": "Lake Champlain, Burlington, Vermont, USA",
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    "Driver ends up in Lake Champlain after using Google's Waze",
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    "\"I was speechless.\" That's how the owner of a Jeep tells [WCAX](http://www.wcax.com/content/news/Submerged-car-to-be-removed-from-Lake-Champlain-470534153.html) she reacted when she heard said Jeep had ended up at the bottom of Lake Champlain.",
    "The *[Burlington Free Press](http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/01/23/waze-google-lake-champlain-car/1057316001/)* reports Guertin had let three pals from Connecticut borrow her Jeep for their road trip to Burlington, Vt., and as they drove in the area on a rainy, foggy Jan. 12, they relied on the Waze GPS app\u2014which combines preset directions with updates from users on everything from traffic slowdowns to speed traps\u2014to steer them in the right direction."
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   "people": "Three friends from Connecticut",
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    "Luckily, the driver and passengers were able to scramble out of the vehicle as it sank.",
    "[WCAX](http://www.wcax.com/content/news/Submerged-car-to-be-removed-from-Lake-Champlain-470534153.html) documents the logistical difficulties an underwater salvage company had in retrieving the car, which was said to have been submerged for 10 days."
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   "url": "https://dunyanews.tv/en/WeirdNews/424952-take-the-next-u-turn:-us-driver-following-gps-plunges-into-lake",
   "title": "Take the next U-turn: US driver following GPS plunges into lake",
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    "This follows [another viral incident, captured on video in May of last year,](https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/05/02/tourists-mistakenly-drive-suv-into-hawaii-island-harbor/) showing another SUV sinking in the water with its passengers inside."
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    "A British safari guide has survived by clinging on to his car in crocodile-infested waters after driving off a bridge when following his satnav.",
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    "The satnav app meant Turner did not take the N4 highway bridge and he instead ended up a few miles downstream in strong currents.",
    "He said he had been following Google Maps and it took him what was the shortest, but obviously not the best route. But he still went ahead and followed it."
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   "url": "https://sarstoriesnews.blogspot.com/2010/02/following-gps-into-trouble.html",
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   "url": "https://mentalfloss.com/article/50508/8-drivers-who-blindly-followed-their-gps-disaster",
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    "Next time the mechanical voice tells you to hang a right where none exists, trust your own two eyes instead of making these mistakes:",
    "5. Making a U-turn into a lake"
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    "Next time the mechanical voice tells you to hang a right where none exists, trust your own two eyes instead of making these mistakes:",
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    "## Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
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    "## Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
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    "## Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
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   "url": "http://thelocal.de/20160211/man-drives-into-river-elbe-on-orders-from-sat-nav",
   "title": "Man plunges car into river Elbe on orders from satnav",
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    "# Man plunges car into river Elbe on orders from satnav",
    "\u2014 NDR 2 (@ndr2) [February 11, 2016](https://twitter.com/ndr2/status/697773613492125698)"
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    "\u2014 Your Southend (@YourSouthend) [February 15, 2026](https://twitter.com/YourSouthend/status/2023037167212044411?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)"
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    "![Odd: The man says he was new to the area and used his sat nav which guided him into a river](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/04/07/11/3F09304C00000578-4389788-image-a-1_1491560633530.jpg)",
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    "# Woman Follows GPS Straight Into Lake Huron, Swims To Safety",
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    "# Woman Follows GPS Straight Into Lake Huron, Swims To Safety",
    "A woman from Ontario, Canada ended up going for a little swim shortly after midnight on May 13 when her GPS steered her into Lake Huron."
   ],
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    "# Woman Follows GPS Straight Into Lake Huron, Swims To Safety",
    "A woman from Ontario, Canada ended up going for a little swim shortly after midnight on May 13 when her GPS steered her into Lake Huron.",
    "The 23-year-old woman took a wrong turn as she was driving due to her adherence to her GPS, and according to the * [ Independent ](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-following-sat-nav-canada-drives-straight-into-lake-huron-ontario-a7029131.html) ,* police say it would be fairly easy to end up plunging into Lake Huron if a wrong turn was inadvertently taken."
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   "url": "https://inquisitr.com/woman-follows-gps-straight-into-lake-huron-swims-to-safety-2",
   "title": "Woman Follows GPS Straight Into Lake Huron, Swims To Safety - Inquisitr News",
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   "location": "North Stradbroke Island, Australia",
   "people": "Three Japanese tourists",
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    "# Woman Follows GPS Straight Into Lake Huron, Swims To Safety",
    "Three Japanese tourists in Australia discovered this when they decided to try and take a trip to North Stradbroke Island, slightly off the coast of Brisbane."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "# Woman Follows GPS Straight Into Lake Huron, Swims To Safety",
    "Three Japanese tourists in Australia discovered this when they decided to try and take a trip to North Stradbroke Island, slightly off the coast of Brisbane."
   ],
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  },
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   "url": "https://inquisitr.com/3094690/woman-follows-gps-straight-into-lake-huron-swims-to-safety",
   "title": "Woman Follows GPS Straight Into Lake Huron, Swims To Safety",
   "incident_date": "2016-05-13",
   "location": "Tobermory, Ontario, Canada",
   "people": "A 23-year-old woman from Kitchener, Ontario",
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    "A woman from Ontario, Canada ended up going for a little swim shortly after midnight on May 13 when her GPS steered her into Lake Huron.",
    "Now that\u2019s taking following instructions a little too far."
   ],
   "location_evidence": [
    "A Kitchener woman had to swim to safety after her car ended up in the water off Tobermory\u2019s shore.",
    "Now that\u2019s taking following instructions a little too far."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "A woman from Ontario, Canada ended up going for a little swim shortly after midnight on May 13 when her GPS steered her into Lake Huron.",
    "Now that\u2019s taking following instructions a little too far."
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   "url": "https://dailymail.com/news/article-4389788/Driver-trapped-car-sat-nav-led-RIVER.html",
   "title": "Driver trapped in car after sat nav led him into a RIVER",
   "incident_date": "2017-04-01",
   "location": "Anhui province, China",
   "people": "A man new to the area",
   "fatalities": null,
   "outcome": null,
   "gps_role": null,
   "incident_date_evidence": [
    "# Clueless driver is trapped in his car after his sat nav leads him into the middle of a RIVER",
    "- **Man in China followed his car's satnav and drove into a river in China on April 1**",
    "Police in Anhui province were called to the scene after getting reports of a man stuck in the middle of the lake on April 1."
   ],
   "location_evidence": [
    "# Clueless driver is trapped in his car after his sat nav leads him into the middle of a RIVER",
    "- **Man in China followed his car's satnav and drove into a river in China on April 1**",
    "Police in Anhui province were called to the scene after getting reports of a man stuck in the middle of the lake on April 1."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "# Clueless driver is trapped in his car after his sat nav leads him into the middle of a RIVER",
    "A clueless driver in China was left trapped in his car after his satellite navigation device led him into the middle of a river.",
    "Odd: The man says he was new to the area and used his sat nav which guided him into a river",
    "The driver said that he was unfamiliar with the area and had heavily relied on his car's sat nav without realising that he had driven into a river."
   ],
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  },
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   "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222224/amp/Judge-Jonathan-Gammon-drowned-car-sat-nav-directed-wife-heavily-flooded-ford.html?ico=amp_articleRelated_with_images",
   "title": "Judge Jonathan Gammon drowned in car when sat nav directed wife into heavily-flooded ford",
   "incident_date": "2012-04",
   "location": "Headley, Hampshire, United Kingdom",
   "people": "Jonathan Gammon and his wife Priscilla Turner",
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   "outcome": null,
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   "incident_date_evidence": [
    "# 'I've killed my husband': What judge's widow said after he drowned in their car when satnav directed her into heavily-flooded ford",
    "His wife said that they had not driven to the hospital before and they had set the satnav before leaving their home in April earlier this year."
   ],
   "location_evidence": [
    "# 'I've killed my husband': What judge's widow said after he drowned in their car when satnav directed her into heavily-flooded ford",
    "- Jonathan Gammon, 52, died alongside pet dog Gabby in Headley, Hampshire",
    "An inquest heard yesterday how she had been driving her husband to work when the satellite navigation system sent her into a swollen ford in Headley, Hampshire."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "# 'I've killed my husband': What judge's widow said after he drowned in their car when satnav directed her into heavily-flooded ford",
    "- Jonathan Gammon, 52, died alongside pet dog Gabby in Headley, Hampshire",
    "- Wife Priscilla Turner, 55, was driving him to work but managed to escape car"
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   "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222224/amp/Judge-Jonathan-Gammon-drowned-car-sat-nav-directed-wife-heavily-flooded-ford.html?ico=amp_articleRelated_with_images",
   "title": "Judge Jonathan Gammon drowned in car when sat nav directed wife into heavily-flooded ford",
   "incident_date": "2012-04",
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   "people": "Jonathan Gammon and his wife Priscilla Turner",
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   ],
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    "# 'I've killed my husband': What judge's widow said after he drowned in their car when satnav directed her into heavily-flooded ford",
    "- Jonathan Gammon, 52, died alongside pet dog Gabby in Headley, Hampshire",
    "An inquest heard yesterday how she had been driving her husband to work when the satellite navigation system sent her into a swollen ford in Headley, Hampshire."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "# 'I've killed my husband': What judge's widow said after he drowned in their car when satnav directed her into heavily-flooded ford",
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    "- Wife Priscilla Turner, 55, was driving him to work but managed to escape car"
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    "# 'I've killed my husband': What judge's widow said after he drowned in their car when satnav directed her into heavily-flooded ford",
    "- Jonathan Gammon, 52, died alongside pet dog Gabby in Headley, Hampshire",
    "Jonathan Gammon died alongside his pet dog Gabby after his Toyota Yaris was overcome by water and swept more than 100 metres downstream.",
    "The inquest heard that the cause of death for Mr Gammon was drowning."
   ],
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    "Jonathan Gammon died alongside his pet dog Gabby after his Toyota Yaris was overcome by water and swept more than 100 metres downstream.",
    "His wife Priscilla Turner managed to escape and when she was helped out of the river she told her rescuer: \u2018I\u2019ve killed my husband\u2019.",
    "Soon after entering the ford the car became submerged trapping the couple and their pet spaniel inside."
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    "# 'I've killed my husband': What judge's widow said after he drowned in their car when satnav directed her into heavily-flooded ford",
    "The widow of a respected judge has told how he drowned in their car after a satnav directed her into a heavily flooded ford.",
    "An inquest heard yesterday how she had been driving her husband to work when the satellite navigation system sent her into a swollen ford in Headley, Hampshire."
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   "url": "https://autoevolution.com/news/driver-ignores-locals-follows-google-maps-car-carrying-5-swept-away-by-floodwater-253385.html",
   "title": "Driver Ignores Locals, Follows Google Maps, Car Carrying 5 Swept Away by Floodwater",
   "incident_date": "this week",
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   "incident_date_evidence": [
    "If you still needed proof that [common sense should always be prioritized](/news/blame-google-maps-not-me-drunk-driver-says-the-app-told-him-to-drive-down-narrow-stairs-228189.html) over navigation apps, here's the case of a driver who ignored the locals and trusted Google Maps, only to end up being swept away by floodwaters.",
    "It happened this week in Vietnam, where the driver of a car carrying five people, including three adults and two small children, was about to leave a local highway to continue the route on a secondary road."
   ],
   "location_evidence": [
    "If you still needed proof that [common sense should always be prioritized](/news/blame-google-maps-not-me-drunk-driver-says-the-app-told-him-to-drive-down-narrow-stairs-228189.html) over navigation apps, here's the case of a driver who ignored the locals and trusted Google Maps, only to end up being swept away by floodwaters.",
    "It happened this week in Vietnam, where the driver of a car carrying five people, including three adults and two small children, was about to leave a local highway to continue the route on a secondary road."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "If you still needed proof that [common sense should always be prioritized](/news/blame-google-maps-not-me-drunk-driver-says-the-app-told-him-to-drive-down-narrow-stairs-228189.html) over navigation apps, here's the case of a driver who ignored the locals and trusted Google Maps, only to end up being swept away by floodwaters.",
    "It happened this week in Vietnam, where the driver of a car carrying five people, including three adults and two small children, was about to leave a local highway to continue the route on a secondary road."
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   "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/bizarre/driver-in-river-man-blindly-follows-gps-drives-his-car-right-into-the-middle-of-a-river-4604817",
   "title": "Man blindly follows GPS; drives his car right into the middle of a river",
   "incident_date": "2017-04-01",
   "location": "Anhui, China",
   "people": "A driver",
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    "# Man blindly follows GPS; drives his car right into the middle of a river",
    "The Shanghaiist.com reports that the incident took place on April 1 in Anhui."
   ],
   "location_evidence": [
    "# Man blindly follows GPS; drives his car right into the middle of a river",
    "A driver in China found himself on a sticky wicket after he drove his car right into the middle of a river.",
    "The Shanghaiist.com reports that the incident took place on April 1 in Anhui."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "# Man blindly follows GPS; drives his car right into the middle of a river",
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   "url": "https://rin.org.uk/news/472787/White-van-man-follows-satnav-into-river.htm",
   "title": "White van man follows satnav into river",
   "incident_date": "2019-10-04",
   "location": "A tributary of the River Ure near Ripon, Yorkshire, UK",
   "people": "A driver, a front-seat passenger, and a dog (group of 2 people and a dog)",
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    "## White van man follows satnav into river",
    "**04 October 2019** (0 Comments)"
   ],
   "location_evidence": [
    "## White van man follows satnav into river",
    "### The driver was called \u2018unbelievably stupid\u2019 after following his satnav, which saw the van half-submerged in a tributary of the River Ure near Ripon, Yorkshire."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "## White van man follows satnav into river",
    "### The driver was called \u2018unbelievably stupid\u2019 after following his satnav, which saw the van half-submerged in a tributary of the River Ure near Ripon, Yorkshire.",
    " The front-seat passenger, who had directed the driver using the satnav, commented \u2018The emergency services said we could have lost our lives if we were 2 ft deeper.",
    " A rescuer clad in scuba diving gear had to aid the operation to free the group of 2 people and a dog."
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    " The front-seat passenger, who had directed the driver using the satnav, commented \u2018The emergency services said we could have lost our lives if we were 2 ft deeper.",
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   "url": "https://thecomeback.com/general/man-real-life-michael-scott-moment-drives-car-pond-gps-told.html",
   "title": "Man has real-life Michael Scott moment, drives car into pond while following GPS directions",
   "incident_date": "Friday",
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   "people": "Daniel Alley",
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    "Well, \u201cstraight\u201d took him right into Swan Pond.",
    "He told police he was using a Garmin GPS because he wasn\u2019t familiar with the area.",
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   "url": "https://diply.com/three-people-have-died-after-sat-nav-sends-their-car-along-unfinished-bridge",
   "title": "Three People Have Died After Sat Nav Sends Their Car Along Unfinished Bridge",
   "incident_date": "2024-11-23",
   "location": "between Dataganj and Faridpur, India",
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    "Saturday, November 23, marked the tragic day of the crash",
    "At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 23, their car drove off a bridge over the [Ramganga River](https://www.euttaranchal.com/tourism/ramganga-river.php), between Dataganj and Faridpur."
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   "url": "https://diply.com/three-people-have-died-after-sat-nav-sends-their-car-along-unfinished-bridge",
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   "people": "Vivek Kumar, Amit Kumar, and a third person",
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    "According to the *Daily Mail*, investigators found that the car had been following outdated SatNav data from [Google Maps](https://diply.com/police-use-google-maps-to-track-down-mafia-fugitive-after-20-ye/).",
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   "url": "https://thelondoneconomic.com/tech-auto/automotive/motorist-had-to-be-rescued-after-driving-into-a-fast-flowing-river-because-his-satnav-told-him-to-162703",
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   "url": "https://bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3089994/driver-using-gps-plunges-into-irrigation-canal",
   "title": "Driver using GPS plunges into irrigation canal",
   "incident_date": "2025-08-18",
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   "people": "The driver of an electric car",
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   "url": "https://bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3089994/driver-using-gps-plunges-into-irrigation-canal",
   "title": "Driver using GPS plunges into irrigation canal",
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    "The driver was on her way to a christening party in Leicestershire when she was sent down a winding track usually used only by farmers in their 4x4s.",
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    "She was finally rescued by villager Alice Clark when the car ran aground.",
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    "# Kottayam: Google Maps Error Leads Electric Car Into Stream; Couple Narrowly Escapes",
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    "# Kottayam: Google Maps Error Leads Electric Car Into Stream; Couple Narrowly Escapes",
    "## Josy and Sheeba Joseph survive after car plunges into flooded path in Kuruppanthara; locals blame repeated GPS errors"
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    "# Kottayam: Google Maps Error Leads Electric Car Into Stream; Couple Narrowly Escapes",
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    "According to the [*Toronto Sun*](https://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/13/woman-follows-gps-ends-up-in-ontario-lake), the woman was following a route on her car\u2019s GPS while driving in the dark on a foggy night in Ontario when it directed her to drive onto a boat launch, and she ended up in a lake."
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    "# Woman follows GPS into lake",
    "But as a 23-year-old Canadian woman found out, that method doesn\u2019t always pan out so well."
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   "url": "https://news.com.au/technology/gadgets/woman-follows-gps-into-lake/news-story/a7d362dfc4634fd094651afc63f853a1",
   "title": "Woman follows GPS into lake",
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    "# Woman follows GPS into lake",
    "In 2011, a group of young women [drove their SUV into a lake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QIH2uz3p8) near Seattle \u2014 they blamed the GPS."
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    "# Woman follows GPS into lake",
    "In 2011, a group of young women [drove their SUV into a lake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QIH2uz3p8) near Seattle \u2014 they blamed the GPS."
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    "# Woman follows GPS into lake",
    "In 2011, a group of young women [drove their SUV into a lake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QIH2uz3p8) near Seattle \u2014 they blamed the GPS."
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   "url": "https://news.com.au/technology/gadgets/woman-follows-gps-into-lake/news-story/a7d362dfc4634fd094651afc63f853a1",
   "title": "Woman follows GPS into lake",
   "incident_date": "2012",
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    "# Woman follows GPS into lake",
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    "# Woman follows GPS into lake",
    "In 2012, a group of Japanese tourists visiting Australia decided to follow their GPS into the Pacific Ocean.",
    "In that case, Yuzu Noda, 21, told the *[Redland City Bulletin](https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/104929/how-not-to-get-to-straddie/)* that she was listening to the GPS and \u201cit told us we could drive down there\u201d."
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   "url": "https://pri.org/stories/2014-02-17/driving-ocean-and-8-other-spectacular-fails-gps-turns-25",
   "title": "Driving into the ocean and 8 other spectacular fails as GPS turns 25 - The World from PRX",
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    "# Driving into the ocean and 8 other spectacular fails as GPS turns 25",
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    "# Driving into the ocean and 8 other spectacular fails as GPS turns 25",
    "Firemen stand in an artificial lake near the partly submerged van of a Polish driver who drove the vehicle into the water after following the instructions of his GPS unit on Oct. 23, 2008 in Glubczyce."
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    "# Driving into the ocean and 8 other spectacular fails as GPS turns 25",
    "Firemen stand in an artificial lake near the partly submerged van of a Polish driver who drove the vehicle into the water after following the instructions of his GPS unit on Oct. 23, 2008 in Glubczyce."
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   "url": "https://pri.org/stories/2014-02-17/driving-ocean-and-8-other-spectacular-fails-gps-turns-25",
   "title": "Driving into the ocean and 8 other spectacular fails as GPS turns 25 - The World from PRX",
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    "## 2. Girls drive down boat launch into lake",
    "Three young women managed to escape from a sinking SUV after driving the rental car down a boat launch and into a lake near Seattle in 2011."
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   "url": "https://pri.org/stories/2014-02-17/driving-ocean-and-8-other-spectacular-fails-gps-turns-25",
   "title": "Driving into the ocean and 8 other spectacular fails as GPS turns 25 - The World from PRX",
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    "## 3. Japanese tourists drive rental car into Pacific Ocean",
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    "## 3. Japanese tourists drive rental car into Pacific Ocean",
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    "## 3. Japanese tourists drive rental car into Pacific Ocean",
    "\u201c(The GPS) told us we could drive down there,\u201d Yuzu Noda, 21, told the local [Bayside Bulletin.](http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/104929/how-not-to-get-to-straddie/) \u201cIt kept saying it would navigate us to a road. We got stuck\u2026 there\u2019s lots of mud.\u201d"
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   "url": "https://drive.com.au/news/motorists-switch-satnav-on-brain-off-20061226-13zvo",
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   "url": "https://archive.thetatva.in/india/3-killed-as-car-falls-into-river-following-outdated-gps-directions-7606461",
   "title": "3 killed as car falls into river following outdated GPS directions",
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   "people": "Vivek Kumar, Amit, and a third unidentified individual",
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    "# 3 killed as car falls into river following outdated GPS directions",
    "The GPS instructed a car going from Bareilly to Dataganj to cross a bridge that had been largely wrecked by flooding earlier this year."
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    "# 3 killed as car falls into river following outdated GPS directions",
    "Two brothers from Farrukhabad, Vivek Kumar and Amit, were among the three people in the car when it crashed into a river after driving onto a damaged bridge."
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   "url": "https://zdnet.com/article/whoops-driver-follows-gps-directions-right-into-the-ocean",
   "title": "Whoops! Driver follows GPS directions right into the ocean",
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   "location": "Brisbane / Straddie, Australia",
   "people": "a group of Japanese tourists / Tokyo students / Yuzu Noda, 21",
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    "(via [Brisbane Times](http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-news/taking-the-most-direct-route-to-straddie-20120315-1v85m.html))",
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    "For instance, the Brisbane Times in Australia recently reported on a group of Japanese tourists who followed the directions given by their car's GPS so meticulously that they drove right into the [Pacific Ocean](/article/global-warming-causes-island-nation-to-sink/).",
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    "For instance, the Brisbane Times in Australia recently reported on a group of Japanese tourists who followed the directions given by their car's GPS so meticulously that they drove right into the [Pacific Ocean](/article/global-warming-causes-island-nation-to-sink/).",
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   "url": "https://en.thairath.co.th/news/local/2905924",
   "title": "Highway Police Officer Shares Experience Rescuing Five People After GPS Misled Them Into Deep Floodwaters",
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   "location": "turnaround beneath the bridge at kilometer 72 on Rama 2 Road in Khlong Khon Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand",
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   "url": "https://businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/technology/take-next-u-turn-us-driver-following-gps-plunges-lake",
   "title": "Take the next U-turn: US driver following GPS plunges into lake",
   "incident_date": "Jan 12",
   "location": "Burlington, Vermont, United States",
   "people": "An unnamed driver of the Jeep Compass and two passengers (friends from out of state driving a borrowed car)",
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    "A man blindly following his GPS app has driven an SUV with two passengers on board into an icy lake in the northeastern state of Vermont, local police said.",
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    "A man blindly following his GPS app has driven an SUV with two passengers on board into an icy lake in the northeastern state of Vermont, local police said.",
    "The trio - friends from out of state driving a borrowed car - escaped unharmed, local media and police in the city of Burlington said in their report of the Jan 12 incident.",
    "The unnamed driver of the Jeep Compass \"followed the GPS directions, which advised to go straight, and upon following this he went down the boat ramp onto the ice,\" the report read."
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   "url": "https://newsweek.com/amazon-driver-follows-gps-stuck-in-extremely-dangerous-water-11538764",
   "title": "Amazon Driver Follows GPS, Gets Stuck in \u2018Extremely Dangerous\u2019 Water",
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    "An Amazon delivery driver\u2019s apparent reliance on GPS directions has captured attention after the vehicle became trapped in hazardous floodwater.",
    "The HM Coastguard Rescue Station in Shoeburyness, [United Kingdom](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/united-kingdom), issued a statement on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1211151627856612&set=pb.100068853595035.-2207520000) detailing the incident."
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    "An Amazon delivery driver\u2019s apparent reliance on GPS directions has captured attention after the vehicle became trapped in hazardous floodwater.",
    "According to the post, the [coast guard](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/coast-guard) was called following reports that an [Amazon](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/amazon)[delivery](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/delivery) van, \u201chad driven via Wakering Stairs onto The Broomway, which is a 600 years old, six-mile '[walking](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/walking)' path out into the Thames Estuary, following a [GPS](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/gps) route to take it onto Foulness Island.\u201d"
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   "url": "https://vicnews.com/2024/05/01/trucker-pulled-from-bc-lake-after-following-his-gps-down-a-boat-ramp",
   "title": "Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
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    "## Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
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   "url": "http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2016/02/motorist-following-instructions-from.html",
   "title": "Motorist following instructions from his Sat Nav ignored lack of ferry and drove straight into river",
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    "Motorist following instructions from his Sat Nav ignored lack of ferry and drove straight into river",
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   "url": "https://dailymail.com/news/article-2612744/After-100-yards-turn-sea-Four-women-rescued-driving-water-blindly-followed-sat-nav-looking-seaside-pub.html",
   "title": "Four women rescued after driving into sea after they followed sat nav",
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    "# After 100 yards, turn into the sea: Four women have to be rescued after driving into water as they blindly followed sat nav while looking for seaside pub",
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   "people_evidence": [
    "# After 100 yards, turn into the sea: Four women have to be rescued after driving into water as they blindly followed sat nav while looking for seaside pub",
    "The women, from London, travelled past a sign saying 'No Through Road'",
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   "url": "https://dailymail.com/news/article-2612744/After-100-yards-turn-sea-Four-women-rescued-driving-water-blindly-followed-sat-nav-looking-seaside-pub.html",
   "title": "Four women rescued after driving into sea after they followed sat nav",
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    "# After 100 yards, turn into the sea: Four women have to be rescued after driving into water as they blindly followed sat nav while looking for seaside pub",
    "Holidaymakers were attempting to find pub in Angle, near Pembroke, Wales",
    "The holidaymakers, from London, were attempting to find a seaside village pub in Angle, near Pembroke, west Wales, in the dark when the device instructed them to turn right."
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    "# After 100 yards, turn into the sea: Four women have to be rescued after driving into water as they blindly followed sat nav while looking for seaside pub",
    "The women, from London, travelled past a sign saying 'No Through Road'",
    "Four women had to be rescued when their car turned off a coastal road and plunged into the sea \u2013 after the driver followed directions from a sat nav."
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    "# After 100 yards, turn into the sea: Four women have to be rescued after driving into water as they blindly followed sat nav while looking for seaside pub",
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    "# After 100 yards, turn into the sea: Four women have to be rescued after driving into water as they blindly followed sat nav while looking for seaside pub",
    "Four women had to be rescued when their car turned off a coastal road and plunged into the sea \u2013 after the driver followed directions from a sat nav.",
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    "# After 100 yards, turn into the sea: Four women have to be rescued after driving into water as they blindly followed sat nav while looking for seaside pub",
    "Four women had to be rescued when their car turned off a coastal road and plunged into the sea \u2013 after the driver followed directions from a sat nav.",
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   "url": "https://carscoops.com/2023/09/gps-made-me-do-it-clueless-doordash-driver-takes-dirt-path-straight-into-a-pond",
   "title": "GPS Made Me Do It: Clueless DoorDash Driver Takes Dirt Path Straight Into A Pond",
   "incident_date": "2023-09-27",
   "location": "Massachusetts, USA",
   "people": "a DoorDash delivery driver",
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   "incident_date_evidence": [
    "September 27, 2023 at 20:06",
    "# GPS Made Me Do It: Clueless DoorDash Driver Takes Dirt Path Straight Into A Pond",
    "A driver in Massachusetts is now the owner of a soggy [Toyota](https://www.carscoops.com/tag/toyota/) as they drove their vehicle into a body of water while allegedly following GPS directions."
   ],
   "location_evidence": [
    "A driver in Massachusetts is now the owner of a soggy [Toyota](https://www.carscoops.com/tag/toyota/) as they drove their vehicle into a body of water while allegedly following GPS directions.",
    "# GPS Made Me Do It: Clueless DoorDash Driver Takes Dirt Path Straight Into A Pond",
    "September 27, 2023 at 20:06"
   ],
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    "In the latest case of \u2018GPS made me do it,\u2019 the Middleton Police Department said they received a call from a DoorDash delivery driver who said they were in the process of delivering a Dunkin Donuts order.",
    "# GPS Made Me Do It: Clueless DoorDash Driver Takes Dirt Path Straight Into A Pond",
    "September 27, 2023 at 20:06"
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   "url": "https://travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/ground-transportation/man-drives-into-river-gps",
   "title": "Man Drives His Car Into a River Because of His GPS",
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   "location": "Anhui, China",
   "people": "a driver",
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    "The incident happened in the Chinese town of Anhui, after the driver's GPS directed him to a dot path that eventually ended in a river.",
    "Oops."
   ],
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    "Which is why a man driving directly into a river after receiving instructions from him GPS isn't entirely face-palm worthy.",
    "Oops."
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   "url": "https://delta-optimist.com/highlights/semi-truck-driver-stuck-in-marina-followed-gps-down-a-bc-boat-ramp-8670336",
   "title": "Semi-truck driver stuck in marina followed GPS down a B.C. boat ramp",
   "incident_date": "2024-04-27",
   "location": "Osoyoos Lake Boat Launch, Osoyoos, Canada",
   "people": "54-year-old male driver from Surrey",
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    "On Saturday morning, April 27, a red semi-truck cab could be seen stuck at the Osoyoos Lake Boat Launch nearly submerged in the water just off a boat ramp.",
    "A nearly submerged semi-truck cab that landed in the Osoyoos marina [over the weekend](https://www.castanet.net/news/Oliver-Osoyoos/484458/Semi-truck-cab-lands-in-Osoyoos-Boat-Launch-and-Marina) was driven by a man who was trusting his GPS, police say."
   ],
   "location_evidence": [
    "On Saturday morning, April 27, a red semi-truck cab could be seen stuck at the Osoyoos Lake Boat Launch nearly submerged in the water just off a boat ramp.",
    "A nearly submerged semi-truck cab that landed in the Osoyoos marina [over the weekend](https://www.castanet.net/news/Oliver-Osoyoos/484458/Semi-truck-cab-lands-in-Osoyoos-Boat-Launch-and-Marina) was driven by a man who was trusting his GPS, police say."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "At 4:20 a.m. Osoyoos RCMP were called with Osoyoos Fire Rescue to retrieve a 54-year-old male driver from Surrey.",
    "A nearly submerged semi-truck cab that landed in the Osoyoos marina [over the weekend](https://www.castanet.net/news/Oliver-Osoyoos/484458/Semi-truck-cab-lands-in-Osoyoos-Boat-Launch-and-Marina) was driven by a man who was trusting his GPS, police say."
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   "url": "https://delta-optimist.com/highlights/semi-truck-driver-stuck-in-marina-followed-gps-down-a-bc-boat-ramp-8670336",
   "title": "Semi-truck driver stuck in marina followed GPS down a B.C. boat ramp",
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   "fatalities_evidence": [
    "The driver, who was trapped inside of the cab, was rescued uninjured.",
    "A nearly submerged semi-truck cab that landed in the Osoyoos marina [over the weekend](https://www.castanet.net/news/Oliver-Osoyoos/484458/Semi-truck-cab-lands-in-Osoyoos-Boat-Launch-and-Marina) was driven by a man who was trusting his GPS, police say."
   ],
   "outcome_evidence": [
    "The driver, who was trapped inside of the cab, was rescued uninjured.",
    "The truck and the driver were never fully submerged in the water.",
    "A nearly submerged semi-truck cab that landed in the Osoyoos marina [over the weekend](https://www.castanet.net/news/Oliver-Osoyoos/484458/Semi-truck-cab-lands-in-Osoyoos-Boat-Launch-and-Marina) was driven by a man who was trusting his GPS, police say."
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   "url": "https://thetravel.com/fatal-car-crash-occurs-in-india-after-google-maps-misleads-passengers-off-incomplete-bridge-to-their-deaths",
   "title": "Fatal Car Crash Occurs in India After Google Maps Misleads Passengers off Incomplete Bridge to Their Deaths",
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   "location": "a dam",
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   "url": "https://phonearena.com/news/driver-follows-gps-to-his-death_id142999",
   "title": "GPS platform and other factors lead a driver to his death",
   "incident_date": "2022-09",
   "location": "North Carolina, United States",
   "people": "Philip Paxson",
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    "Now we don't know exactly which GPS platform 47-year-old Philip Paxson was using at the end of last month when he was driving in North Carolina at night from a birthday party for his older daughter.",
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   "url": "https://phonearena.com/news/driver-follows-gps-to-his-death_id142999",
   "title": "GPS platform and other factors lead a driver to his death",
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   "location": "North Carolina, United States",
   "people": "Philip Paxson",
   "fatalities": 1,
   "outcome": "Paxson drove his 2020 Jeep Gladiator on the bridge which took him into the river where he died.",
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   "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/brothers-rescued-after-car-swept-away-following-map-app-directions-in-betul/articleshow/123607857.cms",
   "title": "MP mishap: 2 brothers rescued after car swept off culvert; cops blame Google Maps",
   "incident_date": "Friday",
   "location": "Batki Doh culvert under Chopna police station limits in Betul, Madhya Pradesh, India",
   "people": "Kabir Sindoor and Hansraj Sindoor",
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    "The incident occurred at Batki Doh culvert under Chopna police station limits in Betul."
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    "MP mishap: 2 brothers rescued after car swept off culvert; cops blame Google Maps",
    "Kabir Sindoor, 26, and his elder cousin Hansraj Sindoor, 27, residents of Sarni, were headed to Narayanpur for the \"jagran\" when their car skidded off the submerged culvert."
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   "url": "https://heraldnet.com/2012/08/23/motorist-follows-gps-into-alaska-harbor",
   "title": "Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
   "incident_date": "2012-08-23",
   "location": "Whittier, Alaska, USA",
   "people": "An unidentified man",
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    "## Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
    "Published 5:59 pm Thursday, August 23, 2012",
    "A man intently following the instructions of his GPS after leaving a ferry early Thursday made a sharp right turn and drove into the harbor in Whittier, Alaska, submerging his car up to the antenna, police said."
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    "## Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
    "A man intently following the instructions of his GPS after leaving a ferry early Thursday made a sharp right turn and drove into the harbor in Whittier, Alaska, submerging his car up to the antenna, police said."
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    "## Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
    "A man intently following the instructions of his GPS after leaving a ferry early Thursday made a sharp right turn and drove into the harbor in Whittier, Alaska, submerging his car up to the antenna, police said.",
    "The driver in question, who has not been identified by authorities, arrived on the Kennicott car ferry, operated by the Alaska Marine Highway System, shortly after 6 a.m."
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   "url": "https://heraldnet.com/2012/08/23/motorist-follows-gps-into-alaska-harbor",
   "title": "Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
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   "people": "An unidentified man accompanied by two dogs and a cat",
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   "outcome": "The driver was not seriously injured and was rescued; two dogs were rescued by breaking a back window; one cat died; the Subaru car was submerged 50 feet into the water, hauled out, and taken to Anchorage.",
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    "## Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
    "Published 5:59 pm Thursday, August 23, 2012",
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    "## Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
    "A man intently following the instructions of his GPS after leaving a ferry early Thursday made a sharp right turn and drove into the harbor in Whittier, Alaska, submerging his car up to the antenna, police said."
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    "## Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
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    "## Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
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    "## Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
    "The man, who was not seriously injured, was rescued by another ferry passenger and taken by ambulance to a hospital in Anchorage.",
    "In this case, the Subaru advanced 50 feet into the water and was submerged.",
    "Another ferry passenger saw the whole thing and immediately helped the man out of the car, Miller said, and someone else broke out a back window in the car and rescued the two dogs.",
    "\u201cThe cat did not make it out,\u201d public safety director Dave Schofield said.",
    "The Subaru was hauled out of the water and taken to Anchorage, while the man was transported by ambulance, though he wasn\u2019t seriously injured."
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    "## Motorist follows GPS into Alaska harbor",
    "A man intently following the instructions of his GPS after leaving a ferry early Thursday made a sharp right turn and drove into the harbor in Whittier, Alaska, submerging his car up to the antenna, police said.",
    "\u201cHe had just disembarked from the ferry, and they follow the road around what we call our triangle area \u2014 it\u2019s a little business area right to the east of the harbor basin \u2014 and when he got back to the starting point of entering that triangle, he said the GPS said to turn right,\u201d Miller said.",
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   "url": "https://eteknix.com/dont-let-your-satnav-guide-you-into-a-river/amp",
   "title": "Don\u2019t Let Your SatNav Guide You Into a River!",
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    "Well according to Canadian press someone has relied just a little bit too much on her GPS when she drove her car straight into a river!",
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    "The women who wished to remain unidentified was driving along and avoiding the nighttime fog when she took a wrong turn courtesy of her GPS\u2019s navigation instructions."
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   "url": "https://eteknix.com/dont-let-your-satnav-guide-you-into-a-river/amp",
   "title": "Don\u2019t Let Your SatNav Guide You Into a River!",
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    "The women who wished to remain unidentified was driving along and avoiding the nighttime fog when she took a wrong turn courtesy of her GPS\u2019s navigation instructions."
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    "It wasn\u2019t long before the women grabbed her purse and rolled down the window, only to escape out of the car before it sank beneath the waves.",
    "Taking the turn as instructed, the women ended up swimming the 30 metres in the river to the shore, followed by a short walk and a call to the police resulting in a ban on boats approaching the launch just in case they replayed the titanic with the car playing the part of the submerged iceberg."
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    "It wasn\u2019t long before the women grabbed her purse and rolled down the window, only to escape out of the car before it sank beneath the waves.",
    "Taking the turn as instructed, the women ended up swimming the 30 metres in the river to the shore, followed by a short walk and a call to the police resulting in a ban on boats approaching the launch just in case they replayed the titanic with the car playing the part of the submerged iceberg."
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    "The women who wished to remain unidentified was driving along and avoiding the nighttime fog when she took a wrong turn courtesy of her GPS\u2019s navigation instructions.",
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  {
   "url": "https://carbuzz.com/fact-or-fiction-have-people-driven-into-lakes-because-of-navigation",
   "title": "Fact Or Fiction: Have People Driven Into Lakes Because Of Navigation?",
   "incident_date": "2024-09",
   "location": "Isle of Palms, South Carolina, USA",
   "people": "a vacationing couple in their 60s",
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   "outcome": null,
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   "incident_date_evidence": [
    "Even as recently as September 2024, there have been reports of people driving their car into water as a result of either blind trust in their [GPS navigation system](https://carbuzz.com/why-connected-cars-are-becoming-a-privacy-nightmare/)'s directions, or confusion regarding it which led to the mistake.",
    "## People Still Following GPS Off Shore In 2024"
   ],
   "location_evidence": [
    "The latter is exactly what happened in Isle of Palms, South Carolina in mid-September, where a vacationing couple in their 60s accidentally drove their vehicle off of a marina boat dock and into the water below.",
    "## People Still Following GPS Off Shore In 2024"
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "The latter is exactly what happened in Isle of Palms, South Carolina in mid-September, where a vacationing couple in their 60s accidentally drove their vehicle off of a marina boat dock and into the water below.",
    "## People Still Following GPS Off Shore In 2024"
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   "url": "https://techdirt.com/2010/10/08/more-stories-of-people-following-gps-blindly-into-dangerous-situations",
   "title": "More Stories Of People Following GPS Blindly Into Dangerous Situations",
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    "More Stories Of People Following GPS Blindly Into Dangerous Situations",
    "Then there\u2019s the guy over in Spain, who followed his GPS directions [directly into a reservoir and drowned](http://www.reghardware.com/2010/10/05/satnav_error_man_drowns/) (the passenger in his car managed to escape and make it to shore, but the driver was apparently unable to swim)."
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    "More Stories Of People Following GPS Blindly Into Dangerous Situations",
    "Then there\u2019s the guy over in Spain, who followed his GPS directions [directly into a reservoir and drowned](http://www.reghardware.com/2010/10/05/satnav_error_man_drowns/) (the passenger in his car managed to escape and make it to shore, but the driver was apparently unable to swim)."
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   "url": "https://techdirt.com/2010/10/08/more-stories-of-people-following-gps-blindly-into-dangerous-situations",
   "title": "More Stories Of People Following GPS Blindly Into Dangerous Situations",
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    "Then there\u2019s the guy over in Spain, who followed his GPS directions [directly into a reservoir and drowned](http://www.reghardware.com/2010/10/05/satnav_error_man_drowns/) (the passenger in his car managed to escape and make it to shore, but the driver was apparently unable to swim)."
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    "More Stories Of People Following GPS Blindly Into Dangerous Situations",
    "Then there\u2019s the guy over in Spain, who followed his GPS directions [directly into a reservoir and drowned](http://www.reghardware.com/2010/10/05/satnav_error_man_drowns/) (the passenger in his car managed to escape and make it to shore, but the driver was apparently unable to swim)."
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   "url": "https://businesspundit.com/these-8-incredibly-stupid-people-used-google-maps-and-other-gps-and-failed-at-life",
   "title": "These 8 Incredibly Stupid People Used Google Maps And Other GPS And Failed At Life",
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   "url": "https://dailymail.com/news/article-442730/96-000-Merc-written-satnav-leads-woman-astray.html",
   "title": "\u00a396,000 Merc written off as satnav leads woman astray",
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    "As a result of the poor driving conditions, the woman had no choice but to solely follow the directions of her GPS\u2026Even if that meant driving down a boat launch at Little Tub Harbor and plunging into the Great Lake."
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    "[CP24](http://www.cp24.com/news/kitchener-woman-follows-car-s-gps-directions-drives-into-georgian-bay-1.2901431) reported that the Ontario police and the Ministry of the Environment will not press any charges."
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   "url": "https://hindustantimes.com/world-news/tourist-in-hawaii-follows-gps-direction-drives-car-straight-into-sea-watch-101683356392439.html",
   "title": "Tourist in Hawaii follows GPS direction, drives car straight into sea | Watch | World News",
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   "url": "https://unexplained-mysteries.com/news/366641/tourists-following-gps-directions-drive-straight-into-harbor",
   "title": "Tourists following GPS directions drive straight into harbor",
   "incident_date": "2023-05",
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    "May 5, 2023 \u00b7 [![Comment icon](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/img/comment.gif) 8 comments](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/366641-two-tourists-rescued-after-following-gps-directions-straight-into-sea-in-hawaii/)",
    "# Tourists following GPS directions drive straight into harbor",
    "World of the Bizarre"
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    "# Tourists following GPS directions drive straight into harbor",
    "World of the Bizarre"
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    "World of the Bizarre"
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   "url": "https://bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2277807/gps-guides-pickup-driver-into-canal-5-swim-to-safety",
   "title": "GPS guides pickup driver into canal, 5 swim to safety",
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    "A woman following the sat-nav in the car blindly trusted the [route guidance](/news/a-little-waze-secret-all-users-must-know-212378.html) until the application told her to get into the sea at the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Kailua-Kona."
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   "url": "https://autoevolution.com/news/here-s-proof-you-should-never-trust-the-likes-of-google-maps-blindly-215920.html",
   "title": "Here's Proof You Should Never Trust the Likes of Google Maps Blindly",
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   "url": "https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S135503062300028X",
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    "Introduction"
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    "## Two men narrowly escape after Google Maps misdirection leads their car into a river in Kasargod, Kerala, highlighting navigation risks during monsoon",
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   "url": "https://richmond-news.com/highlights/semi-truck-driver-stuck-in-marina-followed-gps-down-a-bc-boat-ramp-8670336",
   "title": "Semi-truck driver stuck in marina followed GPS down a B.C. boat ramp",
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    "At 4:20 a.m. Osoyoos RCMP were called with Osoyoos Fire Rescue to retrieve a 54-year-old male driver from Surrey.",
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   "title": "An Amazon Prime driver has got their van stuck in the mud in the Thames Estuary after they drove into the sea following a satnav route.",
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    "## u/A_Pointy_Rock \u00b7 638 points",
    "'[The coastguard said it had spoken to a Qinetiq security officer who said the incident had taken place on **Saturday evening**](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9e32yv9g5o)**'**"
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    "## u/A_Pointy_Rock \u00b7 638 points",
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   "url": "https://reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/1r5h2f5/an_amazon_prime_driver_has_got_their_van_stuck_in",
   "title": "An Amazon Prime driver has got their van stuck in the mud in the Thames Estuary after they drove into the sea following a satnav route.",
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   "url": "https://thethaiger.com/news/northern-thailand/two-thai-women-escape-sinking-car-after-gps-leads-them-into-canal",
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    "# Two Thai women escape sinking car after GPS leads them into a canal",
    "Published: April 13, 2022, 11:59 AM",
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    "We\u2019ve seen GPS lead people into some [ridiculous situations](https://gizmodo.com/its-called-death-valley-because-your-gps-could-get-you-5824793), but we never thought anyone would blindly follow GPS until their car was submerged in A BODY OF WATER.",
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   "title": "Kerala youths followed Google Maps only to end up stranded in a river! WATCH what happened next",
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   "title": "Kerala youths followed Google Maps only to end up stranded in a river! WATCH what happened next",
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   "title": "Horrible Driver Follows GPS Straight Into River",
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    "# Horrible Driver Follows GPS Straight Into River",
    "[According to Mashable](http://mashable.com/2017/04/07/car-river-china-gps/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#PVRPP0LkdqqC), the man told local officials that we was simply trusting his white Hyundai's navigation system."
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    "# Horrible Driver Follows GPS Straight Into River",
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   "people_evidence": [
    "# Horrible Driver Follows GPS Straight Into River",
    "If you need any proof beyond what that team of scientists discovered, though, then consider this latest fiasco, in which a Chinese man was led straight into the river by his GPS."
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    "## Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
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   "url": "http://gtachronicle.com/news/gps-misguidance-leads-semi-truck-into-osoyoos-marina",
   "title": "GPS Misguidance Leads Semi-Truck into Osoyoos Marina",
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   "url": "https://fox8.com/news/a-little-embarrassed-woman-follows-cars-gps-straight-into-lake-huron",
   "title": "\u2018A little embarrassed\u2019: Woman follows car\u2019s GPS straight into Lake Huron",
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    "Const. Katrina Rubinstein-Gilbert [told the Canadian Press](http://www.news1130.com/2016/05/13/ontario-woman-follows-cars-gps-directions-into-lake-huron-swims-to-shore/)."
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    "The RCMP were called to assist Osoyoos Fire Rescue at 4:20 a.m. after the truck became partially submerged in the waters of Osoyoos Lake."
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   "url": "https://aldergrovestar.com/2024/05/01/trucker-pulled-from-bc-lake-after-following-his-gps-down-a-boat-ramp",
   "title": "Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
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    "## Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
    "The driver was not injured, and the truck has since been removed from the marina ramp."
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    "## Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
    "The RCMP were called to assist Osoyoos Fire Rescue at 4:20 a.m. after the truck became partially submerged in the waters of Osoyoos Lake.",
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    "\u201cThis was a case of trusting a GPS that took the driver down the wrong path. Or in this case ramp,\u201d said Sgt. Jason Bayda, of the Osoyoos RCMP.",
    "\u201cDue to darkness, the driver did not realize until it was too late.\u201d",
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   "url": "https://digitalspy.com/tech/a794306/turn-left-into-the-lake-sat-nav-leads-woman-to-water",
   "title": "Turn left\u2026 into the lake - sat nav leads woman to water",
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    "# Turn left\u2026 into the lake - sat nav leads woman to water",
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    "Ontario police say that the 23-year-old woman was driving in the dark through fog and rain around midnight when she made a wrong turn and ended up dunking into the Little Tub Harbour in Tobermory, Bruce Peninsula."
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   "url": "https://digitalspy.com/tech/a794306/turn-left-into-the-lake-sat-nav-leads-woman-to-water",
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    "Ontario police say that the 23-year-old woman was driving in the dark through fog and rain around midnight when she made a wrong turn and ended up dunking into the Little Tub Harbour in Tobermory, Bruce Peninsula."
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   "url": "https://news24online.com/india/youths-en-route-to-kerala-hospital-drive-vehicle-into-river-following-google-maps-297654/297654",
   "title": "Youths En Route To Kerala Hospital Drive Vehicle Into River Following Google Maps",
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    "Not A First Incident"
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   "url": "https://arynews.tv/video-woman-drives-car-with-gps-directions-lands-into-sea",
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   "url": "https://thenorthernview.com/2024/05/01/trucker-pulled-from-bc-lake-after-following-his-gps-down-a-boat-ramp",
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   "url": "https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-man-follows-gps-stuck-in-marina",
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   "url": "https://ominecaexpress.com/2024/05/01/trucker-pulled-from-bc-lake-after-following-his-gps-down-a-boat-ramp",
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    "system of his car, drove straight into the Havel River in eastern Germany, police said,",
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    "| 0:33.1 | Hello, and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us, |",
    "And here's why a German motorist obediently following the satellite-guided navigation",
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    "Waze is struggling to explain how a driver using the app wound up in Lake Champlain.",
    "In an interview with the [Burlington Free Press](http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/01/23/waze-google-lake-champlain-car/1057316001/), Guertin explained that her friends had been using Waze, a popular GPS phone app owned by Google, to navigate the foggy route to Burlington, Vt., on Jan. 12."
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    "Waze is struggling to explain how a driver using the app wound up in Lake Champlain.",
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    "In an interview with the [Burlington Free Press](http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/01/23/waze-google-lake-champlain-car/1057316001/), Guertin explained that her friends had been using Waze, a popular GPS phone app owned by Google, to navigate the foggy route to Burlington, Vt., on Jan. 12.",
    "The app somehow led them to a boat launch not far from a local Coast Guard station, where the vehicle sank 100 feet into the lake."
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    "Waze is struggling to explain how a driver using the app wound up in Lake Champlain.",
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    "Waze is struggling to explain how a driver using the app wound up in Lake Champlain.",
    "When Tara Guertin lent her car to three friends from Connecticut for a road trip to Vermont, she had no idea the next time she\u2019d see her Jeep it would be at the bottom of Lake Champlain.",
    "The app somehow led them to a boat launch not far from a local Coast Guard station, where the vehicle sank 100 feet into the lake.",
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   "url": "https://rbargas.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/pastor-like-paul-part-1",
   "title": "Pastor like Paul, part 1",
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    "# Pastor like Paul, part 1",
    "New York Magazine ran an article in January this year entitled \u201cYet Another Person Listens to GPS App and Drives Car Into Lake.\u201d"
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    "# Pastor like Paul, part 1",
    "\u201cA driver in Vermont steered his car right into Lake Champlain on Friday."
   ],
   "people_evidence": [
    "# Pastor like Paul, part 1",
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   "url": "https://entertales.com/gps-navigation-blunder",
   "title": "This Man Drove Car Into Middle Of The River As GPS Said So!",
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    "The incident occurred on April 1 in Anhui, China, according to a report in Shanghaiist.com.",
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    "The incident occurred on April 1 in Anhui, China, according to a report in Shanghaiist.com.",
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    "Just because, his car\u2019s navigation system showed the way through river, a driver in China drove his car right into the middle of a river.",
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   "url": "https://vietnam.vn/en/tin-loi-di-theo-google-maps-chi-duong-co-gai-truot-chan-roi-tom-xuong-nuoc",
   "title": "Trusting Google Maps directions, the girl slipped and fell into the water.",
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    "In August of this year, a tragic accident occurred in Chittorgarh district ( [India](/en/tag/an-do) ) when a car carrying a family of nine was swept away into the Banas River."
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   "url": "https://indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/kerala-men-drive-car-into-river-after-relying-on-google-maps-escape-miraculously-2561022-2024-07-02",
   "title": "Kerala men drive car into river after relying on Google Maps, escape miraculously",
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    "Well, this incident involving two Kerala men is a stark reminder that you should not.",
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    "This incident in Kasaragod isn't isolated."
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    "Well, this incident involving two Kerala men is a stark reminder that you should not.",
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   "url": "https://indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/kerala-men-drive-car-into-river-after-relying-on-google-maps-escape-miraculously-2561022-2024-07-02",
   "title": "Kerala men drive car into river after relying on Google Maps, escape miraculously",
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   "url": "https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/road-deaths/motorcyclist-plunges-into-canal-following-gps-mishap-in-thailand",
   "title": "Motorcyclist plunges into canal following GPS mishap in Thailand",
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   "location": "Suwinthawong Road in Chachoengsao province, Thailand",
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    "Vatcharent had been riding his motorbike towards Bangkok on Suwinthawong Road in [Chachoengsao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chachoengsao_province) province when the mishap occurred."
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   "title": "Amazon supply driver ditches van after following GPS into sea, MOD firing vary",
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    "# Amazon supply driver ditches van after following GPS into sea, MOD firing vary",
    "The hapless courier [ended up bogged down](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/rule-change-date-set-traffic-36680457) in the treacherous mudflats of The Broomway\u2014a 600-year-old Essex track nicknamed the \u201cDoom Path\u201d for its history of swallowing travelers whole.",
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    "An [Amazon delivery](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/amazon-sack-30000-staff-ai-36620133) driver gave \u201cshipping\u201d a whole new meaning, with the [motorist](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/cars/uk-drivers-risk-1000-fine-36706494) finding himself in a prime disaster after following a [wonky GPS ](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/cars/driving-mistake-could-see-you-35698256)signal straight into the sea.",
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   "url": "https://wpganews.com/2024/09/18/couple-following-gps-drives-off-boat-ramp",
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    "# Couple following GPS drives off boat ramp",
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   "url": "https://cartoq.com/car-life/kerala-family-lucky-escape-google-maps-leads-car-into-river",
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   "url": "https://news9live.com/india/misled-by-gps-navigation-car-falls-into-river-from-partially-constructed-bridge-in-up-3-dead-2758172",
   "title": "Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge in UP, 3 dead",
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   "url": "https://thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article279799209.html",
   "title": "DoorDash driver delivering Dunkin\u2019 follows GPS into water, MA cops say. They\u2019re charged",
   "incident_date": "2023-09-22",
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    "This story was originally published September 27, 2023 at 1:05 PM with the headline [ \"DoorDash driver delivering Dunkin\u2019 follows GPS into water, MA cops say. They\u2019re charged.\" ](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article279799209.html)"
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    "It ended with the [driver\u2019s car submerged in water](https://www.facebook.com/MiddletonMAPolice/posts/pfbid0mETprwiqrV87iDXkAv13tqoDZJdwTTyNBGaoeodCgDrAu9hjVA62afUy3neiQZjcl) and charges filed, according to a news release from the Middleton Police Department.",
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   "url": "https://mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-slammed-fire-crew-after-20384999",
   "title": "Man slammed by fire crew after driving into raging river as 'sat nav told him to'",
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    "If you still needed proof that following sat-nav [without paying attention to road signage](/news/motorhome-driver-learns-a-very-important-lesson-about-the-likes-of-google-maps-221921.html) is a terrible idea, here's the story of an American tourist who wanted to get to St. Catherine's Island in Tenby, Pembrokeshire."
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    "If you still needed proof that following sat-nav [without paying attention to road signage](/news/motorhome-driver-learns-a-very-important-lesson-about-the-likes-of-google-maps-221921.html) is a terrible idea, here's the story of an American tourist who wanted to get to St. Catherine's Island in Tenby, Pembrokeshire."
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