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GPS sending drivers down stairs of Spanish city
Published October 10, 2016
(Sebastian Maspons)
Talk about a bad backseat driver.
A car had to be removed from a staircase in the Spanish city of Teruel after its GPS system sent the driver down a pedestrian alley, The London Times reports.
And it wasn’t the first.
Locals say at least five cars have met a similar fate in recent days as their digital maps identified the Calle Hartzenbuch as a passable road.
“I can’t understand why someone would try to drive down there,” one local told The Times. “It’s obvious from the top of the street that it is a staircase.”
After unsuccessful efforts to push the latest victim’s car free, a crane had to be called in to extricate it.
Not confident that technology will solve the problem anytime soon, the city council plans to erect a set of old-fashioned bollards at the top of the stairs.
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/gps-sending-drivers-down-stairs-of-spanish-city