Bo Bai from Sunnyvale, Calif., said the on-board global positioning satellite navigation system in his rental car "told" him to turn right as he traveled over a rail crossing and found himself facing an oncoming train, the White Plains (N.Y.) Journal News reported Friday.

"He tried to stop the train by waving his arms, which apparently was not totally effective in slowing the train," a rail spokesman said.

Holiday and business travelers find themselves more and more confused as GPS devices become commonplace in rental vehicles, the Journal News said.One traveler through Utah said her GPS system nearly stranded her in the desert when it told her "You have arrived" nearly 13 miles away from her destination. She said if the problem continues with the independent minded GPS systems, "there may be the bleached bones of lost businessmen and woman" peppering the Utah landscape.