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Jan 5, 2012

GPS TROUBLES * USA

* Pennsylvania - Driver jailed in PA after GPS directions led to $12,000 in fines

Greene County,PA,USA -Land Line, by Charlie Morasch -December 30, 2011: -- A truck driver spent the week before Christmas after a combination of bad GPS directions and expensive overweight fines nearly kept him there throughout the holiday... Doug Madison went into lockup at the Greene County (PA) Prison on Monday, Dec. 19, when he was unable to pay $12,000 in overweight fines... Madison had been pulled over after he left Interstate 79 and was caught hauling a chemical tanker on a county road with a 10-ton weight restriction... Sgt. Anthony Manetta, a spokesman with the Pennsylvania State Police, told that fine amounts and jail time are determined at the local level by the justice system in each individual county... Manetta, who said he uses GPS in his personal vehicle, said he isn’t surprised when a GPS system gives improper information...   Manetta said the state’s high number of small highways can lead to problems for truck drivers who may happen upon a highway with severe weight restrictions... While more car and truck drivers are using GPS, state police haven’t noticed a major trend of routing errors blamed on GPS devices, Manetta said...

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