“recalculating” ": gps problems for truckers and carhaulers
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“Recalculating”
If you have ever seen the insurance commercial where “Mr. Mayhem” pretends to aconfused GPS system, this might be for you. I always figured GPS systems were not100% accurate, but it really never dawned on me how far reaching the impact of that couldbe.
Well according to a Transport Topics article theyare not designed for trucks to use either, at leastnot the version that was originally designed forcars. The GPS versions that were designed forcars do not calculate (or recalculate) the height ofyour truck and the height of the bridges aroundyou.
Thus you have a rash of bridge collisions by truckdrivers who faithfully listened to their GPS. In fact
the article I pulled this from said the vast majority of bridge collisions in New York Statewere caused by truckers using a GPS system designed for cars.
I guess there was truth to that commercial after all about mayhem being in the GPS.
http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=31461&t=FMCSA-Warns-Truckers-to-Use-Truck-Specific-GPS
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