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Originally Posted by --grande--
GPS, GPS, GPS.........
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I'm inclined to agree that it was a GPS that got him there; not that it matters. Short of being so stupid as to not know any better, my guess is that the critical error was the apparent lack of attention to what he was doing. How can you get to where he got himself and just keep rolling?
My GPS has tried to get me under similar structures but I was lucky and happened to be awake at the time.
I routinely see Drivers texting. I was in MN and observed a (local, fuel, loaded) tanker yanker with a small TV on the dashboard watching a football game! I read a rollover story where, after the scene was stabilized and the Driver got out OK, he was running around freaking out because he couldn't find his phone. As soon as the wrecker begins to right the tractor, there's the phone. A DOT cop picked it up and, lo and behold, there's the partial message the Driver was typing . . something about being bored.