Re: [Paddlewise] Seeing Red?

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:26:50 -0800
Bradford R. Crain wrote:

>> I still anguish over the fate of James Kim, who attempted to drive 
>> with his family from I-5 to the southern Oregon coast in the middle of
>> winter over a seldom used and substandard Bear Camp road through the
>> mountains.

An ironic element of modern reliance on GPS units to guide route selection 
  is that a couple was recently allowed (told?) by its GPS to take that 
selfsame route ... and they also got stuck.  To do so, they had to drive 
past (and ignore) a couple large warning signs that the road was not 
passable in winter without high clearance or 4WD.

Signs, simple highway signs.  Ya can lead 'em to water, but ya can't make 
'em drink!

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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