Article: 57491 of sci.geo.satellite-nav From: Hans-Georg Michna Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Car crash in Canal - Germany - Real or UL?? Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 13:53:26 +0100 Organization: ACI Micro Lines: 30 Message-ID: <5a402vk8dmi43b15e4mptd8uvtpnjcav6g@4ax.com> References: <3E1E11F7.3040806@rogers.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-527.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews2 Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:57491 John Kabel wrote: >A while ago there were reports of a German couple coming around a corner >and driving into a canal, because their GPS said there was a bridge >instead of the ferry that actually served the crossing. > >Was this real? I can't find any news reports archived to support or >refute the story. John, it is true. I have known the ferry since about 1970 and have used it once, a few years ago, after the event. It is still operating from the village of Caputh to the other side of the river Havel. (By the way, a former girl-friend of mine lives in Caputh.) From memory (unreliable), there were at least two passengers in the BMW when the driver turned into the river. They shouted at him to stop, but he insisted and sank the car. They all survived, dove out of the sunken car and swam back to the shore. The name of the ferry is Fähre [=ferry] Caputh-Geltow and the coordinates of the Caputh side where the accident happened are E 12° 59' 09", N 52° 20' 50". Hans-Georg -- No mail, please.