He could have bought a truck-specific GPS system (from Garmin, etc.) for about $500 which has all the pertinent info about clearances, truck routes, etc. programmed into it. These are relatively new but there are job-specific GPS units for aviation with some more sophisticated (IFR approaches, etc.) and some less. And there are, of course, maritime-specific units. I have a marine GPS unit that accepts inputs from depth sounder and radar and interfaces with a VHF to automatically transmit lat/lon coordinates with a distress signal. But I suspect he probably won't need one now. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > Yesterday, a truck driver in Marion County, Oregon was trying to get to > Interstate 5 from a side road, using his GPS for directions. The truck > was 14 feet high, and the rapidly approaching railroad overpass was > only 11 feet high. The overpass survived, the driver was ok, but the truck > is no longer 14 feet high. > > You could probably get the same effect by driving your pickup truck or > SUV loaded with kayaks or canoes and entering a parking garage. > Should make quite a racket upon impact. I've done similar with a tree > branch. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 12 2010 - 13:51:23 PST
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