Where's the streetwise Hercules ?

[venta]

I know we haven't had one for a while, but I've just spotted someone who should be Designated Hero of the Week:

Ms Paula Ceely

Who ? Well, according to the BBC she followed her sat nav's instructions and drove her car onto a railway line where it collided with a train.

Not very heroic, I hear you say. Arguably not very smart, either. Well, yes. But here's what she apparently said afterwards:

"I can't completely blame the sat nav because up until there, it did get me where I needed to go," she added.

"If maybe I had been more aware of the situation, I wouldn't have had the accident."

Now that is heroic. She hasn't threatened to sue the sat nav company. She hasn't railed at length about the lack of signs indicating the railway line. She hasn't called for the resignation of the cartographer/train driver/Prime Minister. She's actually (here's the scary bit) admitted that perhaps it might be her fault. When was the last time you heard someone in a news report attempting to take responsibility for their own actions like that ?

Ms Ceely, I salute you.

Comments

[chrisvenus]

"I can't completely blame the sat nav because up until there, it did get me where I needed to go"

Umm... I read this as that she is partly blaming the satnav which immediately disqualifies her from any kudos because she really shouldn't be even *slightly* blaming it. I read that statement (and it might be out of context given the article was clearly trying to blame satnav) and thought it just sounded like somebody subtley blaming satnav rather than blaming it while sounding like an idiot.

Why did the satnav ever even come up unless she was trying to blame it? Ms Ceely, hand in your driving licence immediately and don't even think about buying another car with the insurance money.

[octalbunny.livejournal.com]

I can't see her getting any insurance money, although I can see the train company getting some.