You Vill Obey Mein Orders, Ja?

I often heard during my years in the military that German folks have an extra gene in their make-up that causes them to be very neat, organized and prone to obey to orders instantly. This genetic characteristic was brought to mind this week with this German news report:

Apparently a Bavarian feller was driving down the autobahn (a divided highway) when his Navigation system told him to turn around and ..... Well, I'll them tell it in their own words"

Driver obeys car navigation literally, promptly crashes

Published: 23 Apr 10 13:53 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100423-26745.html

A Bavarian man was given a persuasive lesson in the fallibility of technology Thursday night when he crashed into another car and injured an 11-year-old boy after obeying his car navigation device's command to turn around on a divided autobahn.

Amazingly, the man, 45, took a U-turn on the divided motorway and began driving down the wrong side because the satellite navigation computer told him to turn around, police said in a statement.

The bizarre drama began when the man got onto the wrong motorway at the intersection at Osnabrück Süd in Lower Saxony.

Alerting him of his mistake, the navigation system promptly told him to turn around, which he did, sending him back in the direction from which he’d come, and into an oncoming car.

The 43-year-old man driving the other car was unable to stop, despite slamming on his brakes, and the cars collided. The second man’s son, 11, sustained minor injuries in the accident.

DDP/The Local

And you wonder why your daddy always told you to 'Think for yourself!!'