In Austria’s Lake Grundlsee, a female van driver found herself submerged after placing too much faith in her satellite navigation system.
Rescuers were informed by Petra Lang, 27, that she had entered her desire to go to the lake into her sat nav – but the device interpreted her command rather literally.
As reported by emergency services, Ms. Lang was seeking a shortcut to her destination (which, to her credit, she did manage to reach).
Nevertheless, after being temporarily obstructed by some underbrush, she accidentally drove straight into the water.
There hasn’t been adequate commentary on what exactly she was doing as the van headed directly into the lake, naturally…
“She claimed the satnav system was responsible,” shared one of the rescuers.
“She mentioned she had input that she wanted to go to the lake – but ended up too close for comfort.”
Fortunately, Ms. Lang managed to escape unharmed prior to the arrival of firefighters, who extracted the damaged vehicle from the water, amid concerns that it could contaminate the bathing lake near Bad Aussee in western Austria.
