A railroad company has issued a driver with a minor summons for obstructing a railroad crossing, saying that he and his rental company would be liable for the damage caused by the obstruction, which can be estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars range.

A computer consultant inadvertently caused the obstruction by driving a rental car onto train tracks, as per the instructions his GPS unit gave him. A train was rushing headlong toward him, but he escaped in time and no one was injured.

A Metro-North Spokesman tells us that, following the GPS instructions, the driver had turned right and the car somehow got stuck on the tracks at the crossing. He jumped out and waved at the engineer in an attempt to warn him but the train slammed into the car at 60 mph, pushing it 100 feet down the track.

Five hundred passengers were stranded for more than 2 hours and 250 feet of rail track were damaged.

Hey, I know that this guy should have relied on what his eyes told him, rather than what the GPS said but I kinda think he's been punished enough. The threat of having to compensate the rail company to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars just serves to rub salt into his wounds. Or should that be gravel into his knees?

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