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Blame Your Mistakes on Technology

Techdirt has an quick look at how it is becoming much more common for people to blame their mistakes on technology. "There are people driving off cliffs and through flooded roads and taking detours that span half of England, apparently at the behest of their navigation units. Things got so bad in one place that authorities even had to put up "ignore your sat nav" signs. Now, a woman's car got hit by a train, and for some reason, she's blaming a GPS navigation unit."

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  1. Re:Obligatory by zcat_NZ · · Score: 1, Troll

    Although they don't seem to take into account the quite probable delays caused by hypothermia, shark attack, or drowning due the physical impossibility of swimming for a month solid..

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