Re: 3 Missing College Students found in Submerged Car

Bart Bailey wrote:
In Message-ID:<nvkOm.56820$ze1.35074@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted on Mon,
23 Nov 2009 00:16:19 GMT, JonesieCat wrote: Begin

So if they were using GPS, they ought to have know they were heading to water? Does it make a difference which sort of setting they had it on? I mean, would the type of graphics make a difference in terms of identifying what they were looking at?

The type and currentness of the software would be the important factor. Also
some trail hiking software might show remote ponds whereas city navigation
software might not have those details.

Around here several years ago, we had a professor who died
in a similar way. He was heading for someone's home out
in the countryside area. He was unfamiliar with his
surroundings and there are really very few landmarks.
He made a wrong turn into someone's yard and drove into
a normally shallow pond that had run over its banks due
to recent heavy rainfall. He was found several days later
in the water-filled car, clutching his car keys in his
hand. It really was just a tragic accident that happened
to someone who thought he was turning onto a road but
ended up in a pond instead.

Nancy

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