If you have ever seen the
insurance commercial where “Mr. Mayhem” pretends to a confused GPS system, this
might be for you. I always figured GPS systems were not 100% accurate, but it
really never dawned on me how far reaching the impact of that could be.
Well according to a Transport
Topics article they are not designed for trucks to use either, at least
not the version that was originally designed for cars. The
GPS versions that were designed for cars do not calculate (or recalculate) the
height of your truck and the height of the bridges around you.
Thus you have a rash of bridge
collisions by truck drivers who faithfully listened to their GPS. In fact the article I pulled this
from said the vast majority of bridge collisions in New York State were 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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Another good article about using the right GPS
ReplyDeletehttp://www.longisland.com/news/03-12-13/new-gps-devices-for-trucks-to-help-prevent-the-strike-of-low-bridge-underpasses.html