{"id":3681,"date":"2016-05-15T09:44:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T01:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/15\/unlucky-womans-gps-led-her-straight-into-a-lake\/"},"modified":"2016-05-15T09:44:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T01:44:41","slug":"unlucky-womans-gps-led-her-straight-into-a-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/15\/unlucky-womans-gps-led-her-straight-into-a-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlucky woman&#039;s GPS led her straight into a lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen_shot_2016-05-14_at_4.53.23_pm\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA1LzE1L2RiL1NjcmVlbl9TaG90LjNlNjA0LnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/828da578\/6f5\/Screen_Shot_2016-05-14_at_4.53.23_PM.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Unlucky+woman%27s+GPS+led+her+straight+into+a+lake&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F14%2Fgps-car-lake-fail%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F14%2Fgps-car-lake-fail%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Technology doesn&#8217;t always love you back.<\/p>\n<p>A woman in Tobermory, Ontario drove down a boat ramp and into Lake Huron last Thursday thanks to faulty directions from her GPS.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/02\/ipad-location-travel\/\">Man tracks down lost iPad with technology and balloons<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2016\/05\/13\/woman-follows-gps-ends-up-in-ontario-lake\">Canadian Press<\/a>, the woman (who did not want to be identified for understandable reasons) was attempting to navigate a nighttime fog, and depended a little too heavily on the GPS to lead her in the right direction.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA1LzE1L2RiL1NjcmVlbl9TaG90LjI3NGM3LnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg\/9236e5a9\/903\/Screen_Shot_2016-05-14_at_5.12.58_PM.png\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Image:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheTobermoryPressInc\/photos\/pcb.493410174117018\/493407777450591\/?type=3&amp;theater\">facebook\/tobermory press,  inc.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Luckily, she was able to roll down the window, retrieve her purse and clamber out of the car before it started to sink. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/14\/gps-car-lake-fail\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/facebook\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/gps\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Gps<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/canada\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Canada<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/watercooler\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Watercooler<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/UGwFkdpihk8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology doesn&#8217;t always love you back. A woman in Tobermory, Ontario drove down a boat ramp and into Lake Huron last Thursday thanks to faulty directions from her GPS. 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