Yesterday, a Jersey man trusted his GPS over his gut...and drove straight into a house. Driving early yesterday morning in foggy conditions with his wife and children in the car, Harini Gunasekera couldn't clearly see where New Road meets Ridge Road in South Brunswick, so he kept going straight like his GPS told him to. Doesn't he know it's always a bad idea to listen to the machines?
Not only did Gunasekera miss his turn—he also went through a stop sign without stopping and then continued off-road for 100 feet before hitting a house. The driver and his son were unharmed but his wife and 13-year-old daughter, neither of whom were wearing seat belts, both reportedly suffered serious neck and head injuries.
"This stuff really happens," wrote police spokesman captain James Ryan of the incident.
It is unclear what type of GPS Gunasekera was using, though something tells us it was the Homer Simpson TomTom app:
