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crazymac:
We had it on a green lane day a couple of months back. Just came off a lane, heading to the next and met a polish driver that had been blindly following his satnav!! Council workers out to help and a LOT of time to get him round the bend he was trying to! Idiot!!

My brother drives artics, and he also sets to "fastest" and also puts in the "avoid bridges under" tag on his!

freelanderpx54:
My mate had to go down to Slough for his company and he was in a tunnel when the sat nav suddenly exclaimed that he had reached his destination and kept telling him to "turn around when possible"

My favourite was on a day out to Nunnington hall in Yorkshire. After looking around there, we set the Sat Nav to take us to Leyburn by the shortest route. We went down this single track road and Kim's tourettes was particularly noticable ;)

Sider:

--- Quote from: Bishops Finger on March 04, 2008, 23:49:21 ---Its not known as crap nav for a reason....

--- End quote ---

I tend to find that those branding them with that epitet tend to be those who are less than good at using it.

At the end of the day, it is another tool, so don't blame the tool if you are too thick to use it.

Oh, and by the way, I drive all kind of lorries, both rigids and artics, for a living, and use the satnav on a daily basis, with a good pinch of the ole common sense. Guess what, I never got stuck. Only once I have found myself in a hairy situation, and that was in the middle of the Chilterns, and it only happened because some local vandals decided to pinch the "Unsuitable for HGVs" sign at the entrance of the lane. Still got through, but it took some effort.

crazymac:
You could always use this excuse? it goes something like this (its a joke by the way!)

A trucker following his satnav finds himself trapped under a low bridge. The Police turn up :police:, and he says to the driver "got stuck under this following the satnav?"

The trucker reply's "No! I was delivering this bridge and ran out of diesel" :lol: :lol: :lol: :dance:

Boddle:
Most of the Sat Nav problem can be placed in the hands of users not setting the basics setting correctly. If you tell the Sat Nav that you don't want to go down an E road (or untarmaced) it find an alternative root.

 IT doesn't remove the responsibility of the driver to use there brain either in most of these situations can be avoid if the driver thinks they can choose to ignore the Sat Nav because lane looks to small or there is a signpost that give a minimum width or maximum height.

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