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Why is there a big huge pile of trucks in Secaucus, New Jersey?

Category: Technology
Posted on: February 27, 2008 3:20 PM, by Greg Laden

Because the Garmin GPS system ...

... is leading some drivers ... straight into a dead end. ...

The electronic maps don't show a gate that separates residential and industrial areas. It's only opened for a couple hours on weekdays in the northern New Jersey city.

Mayor Dennis Elwell says residents on Fifth Street started complaining about trucks clogging their street about a year ago ... Some drivers have to call police to open the gate because their trucks are too big to turn around.

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This has led to a call for Open Source GPS databases.

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