A German driver wanted to escape the traffic jam in Tyrol. He blindly follows the instructions of his navigation system – and thus puts his life in danger.
Nassereith – “Following the footsteps of the Romans on a mountain bike,” is how a restaurant in Mieming, Tyrol, advertises a bike tour along the so-called Old Fern Pass Road. However, you shouldn't actually attempt the historical tour by car.
As usual, there was an increased volume of traffic on important traffic routes between Bavaria and the Austrian state of Tyrol in the first days of the year, including on the Fernpass road. Because a driver from Germany wanted to avoid the traffic jam on Epiphany, he asked his navigation device for directions. This led him onto a narrow bike path.
He wanted to avoid the Fernpass traffic jam: German driver ends up on the bike path thanks to the navigation system
The mountain crossing over today's cycle path was actually an important connection route between north and south around 2000 years ago. However, the Fernpass road, which is now open to car traffic, runs on a different route. The traffic there is loud ADAC on peak days up to 30,000 vehicles.
When traffic over the Fern Pass threatened to come to a standstill on January 6th due to the many travelers returning from Austria and South Tyrol, a German asked his navigation system for an alternative route. This told the man to switch to the Alte Fernpassstraße, which is now a cycle path in steep terrain, reports Crown newspaper. It was only when the man could no longer move forward or turn around and was in danger of falling off the road with the car that he is said to have made an emergency call around 11 a.m.
Drivers from Germany go astray in Tyrol
The Nassereith volunteer fire department and a towing service arrived with the appropriate equipment to rescue the vehicle that was stranded on the narrow road. Within a few hours, the emergency services were able to transport the car to safety over the 1.2 kilometer route. Loud Crown newspaper The driver must not have been familiar with the area.
The German's wanderings caused malice on social networks. “Tell me, how stupid are they?” asks a user on Facebook. The charioteer's origins in particular provide cause for mocking comments. “Probably one of our favorite neighbors again,” is another user’s guess. Others, on the other hand, place the blame for the wrong route less on the navigation system and more on the driver: “Navigation devices generally don’t do such nonsense,” comments one reader – the excuses are “nonsense”.
Blind trust in technology has also put a man in danger in South Africa. A vehicle's GPS sent a safari guide into the middle of a river full of crocodiles.
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