Most of us have experienced confusion while trying to follow GPS directions. That said, very few end up in the kind of bind that one elderly woman did in Seattle on Tuesday. Police there say that she faithfully followed her GPS even as it led her onto an elevated light rail track. That choice was more than enough to bring the entire line to a screeching halt for hours.
The incident happened Tuesday evening near Mount Baker Station, where the driver became stranded on Sound Transit’s 1 Line tracks. According to Seattle police, the woman appeared confused and told officers she had been following her GPS when she ended up on the rail line. It’s unclear which navigation system she was using, but regardless, things didn’t work out the way she’d hoped.
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