Vineland driver crashes while following GPS too closely
Like something out of a car insurance commercial, a Lawnside, N.J., woman was in a car crash apparently brought on by some misguided advice from her GPS system.
On her way to the gym in Vineland, Samantha Goodman Gardiner made a left turn at the behest of her GPS. Instead of pulling safely into the parking lot, she crashed into an oncoming car, the Daily Journal reports.
Drivers of both cars were treated for injuries. Gardiner’s seat belt and airbag injuries are likely less painful than the comments being made about her story, suggesting she, not the GPS, is to blame for the accident.
The turn she made was two-tenths of a mile from her destination.
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