[gps-talkusers] GPS Puts Bus Back on Track
- From: "Rich Irwin" <rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Gps-Talkusers" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:51:39 -0700
Hi All:
Thought I would share a great GPS experience I had last week. I needed to
take a 50 mile trip using several public transit systems to an area I had
never been before. After a short cab ride, a Golden Gate Bus ride to San
Francisco, a BART ride to Pittsburgh, I was told to take a Delta Transit bus
to Oakley. Not only had I not been to Oakley before, but I had never heard
of Delta Transit. I found the bus stop and the correct bus with the help of
another passenger who was taking the same bus. What we both learned quickly
was that this was the bus drivers first day on the route. After about a
half hour of bus ride, as we left one of the stops, everyone on the bus
hollered at the driver that he was going the wrong way. He went a few more
blocks before he stopped and asked the passengers if they knew how to get
back on the route. The general response was that nobody knew. I had my
Braille Note GPS on and asked him where he needed to be to get back on the
route. He gave me the intersection where he had made the wrong turn. I
mapped a vehicular route from our current position and let the Braille Note
tell him how to get back. Needless to say, everyone on the bus was amazed
that the blind guy could navigate better than they could. What a great
tool the Braille Note GPS is!
Rich Irwin
rich.irwin@xxxxxxxxxxx
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