This demonstrates how dependent we are on computers and how much we trust them… Basically<\/p>\n
The crew \u00e2\u20ac\u201d both new to the job \u00e2\u20ac\u201d meant to go 12 miles to a specialist unit in Brentford, ESSEX, from King George\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hospital in Ilford.<\/p>\n
But instead of a 30-minute journey they ended up driving for four hours to Brentwood, MANCHESTER.
\nInstead of driving the eight miles from King George\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hospital in Ilford, East London, to the mental health unit of Mascalls Park Hospital in Brentwood, Essex, the pair found themselves 200 miles off-track on the outskirts of Manchester before they realised their blunder and turned back.<\/p>\nThe sat-nav with a mind of its own has undergone reorientation while the ambulancemen have been told to undertake a geography lesson and learn to think for themselves.<\/p>\n
They drove for eight hours before finally delivering the patient. After the equipment sent them north, they covered 215 miles in about four hours. The way back was only slightly shorter and took more than 3\u00c2\u00bd hours. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In the old days they would have called and asked the dispatcher or someone for directions but the computer is always right correct? so they trusted it and ended up 200 miles off course. <\/p>\n
Source: The Sun Online – News: Satnav ambulance 200 miles out<\/a><\/p>\n