Online Directions May Have Misled Kim Family
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
The snow-covered back-country road that trapped the Kim family of San Francisco was meant for tourists, but not at this time of year.More here.
Authorities say the cyber-savvy family may have plucked the route from Grants Pass to Gold Beach from an online mapping service, unaware of the elements.
Despite its impassable snowdrifts and single-lane, Bear Camp Road is offered as the preferred route on some Web sites and on-board-directions software available on some new cars, most of which have no business in those mountains in the winter.
posted by Fergie @ 12/05/2006 05:40:00 PM
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