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Sat Navs
Disco Matt:
What always gets me is the way that some idiots seem to delegate responsibility for their actions to their sat nav. It's a little plastic box that talks. It can't tell whether that road is suitable for your vehicle, that's your responsiblity as a driver.
Personally I feel anyone saying "the sat nav told me to do it" after ending up somewhere that doesn't even resemble a road (like the wally who drove onto a railway line) are in need of compulsory training...
Defender:
These "Sat-Nav" incidents were posted on a local webforum:
An articulated lorry became stuck across a ditch in Plex Moss Lane, Woodvale at 2:30pm this afternoon (Wednesday 22nd August 2007) after taking a diverted route.
The Volvo FH12 (Penningtons Haulage of Wigan) carrying plant to the YMCA was on the last bend down Plex Moss Lane, Woodvale when it became stuck across a ditch.
This is the third such incident within the past two months. The driver was directed by his sat navigation system, as were the other two drivers.
And a month earlier:
The Dutch lorry carrying plants and flowers was on the last bend down Plex Moss Lane when it became stuck across a ditch.
It was on route to Focus DIY and has since been removed.
This is the second such incident within the past two weeks. The Dutch driver was directed by his sat navigation system, as was last week’s driver.
And....Oh dear. A week earlier:
A Scania Car Transported became stuck across a ditch in Plex Moss Lane, Woodvale at 8:30pm tonight (Wednesday 18th July 2007) after taking a diverted route.
It was on route to West Coast Hyundai. Liverpool Road, Ainsdale from Essex. The road will be blocked for a number of hours until it lifted back onto the road.
They only came a cropper when they reached the two 90 degree bends in the road HERE.
Jake:
--- Quote from: Thrasher on March 03, 2008, 15:32:15 ---Sat-Nav = Tool
Bad workman - blames tools.
Nuff said.
--- End quote ---
I couldn't agree more
Is there a reason why truck drivers fit a sat nav then lose the abilty to read road signs?
dummies the lot of them
:evil:
Guardian.:
thought lorry drivers were supposed to be proffesional drivers, theres nowt professional about them dicks, you dont need that many brain cells to realise you int gonna get round there in them wagons.
Disco Matt:
To be fair, by the time they got to those bends there would have been nowhere to turn around!
Witless people in normal cars have no excuse however.
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