why you souldnt all ways follow your sat nav

[adder360~SPARTA~]

Eight sat-nav blunders

 

 

April 2006: Drivers following their sat-nav's instructions through the aptly named village of Crackpot found themselves on a tiny track that was perilously close to the edge of a 100ft cliff. People trying to reverse out of trouble were described as getting 'dangerously close' to the edge.

 

October 2006: A German driver drove his sports utility vehicle onto a building site, after being told by his sat-nav that he should 'turn right now,' managing to end up destroying a lavatory. The sat-nav was actually instructing him to turn at the next junction and not immediately.

 

November 2006: A woman was forced to dodge oncoming traffic for 14 miles after her sat-nav sent her the wrong way up the A3(M) dual carriageway between Portsmouth and London. Police say it was a miracle that nobody was injured.

 

December 2006: An ambulance tasked with moving a male mental patient from King George Hospital in Ilford to Mascalls Park near Brentwood, a journey of around 12 miles - instead ended up at Warley in Manchester, some 200 miles away from their destination. The patient was apparently undisturbed by the events.

 

January 2007: A 52-year-old woman from Dorking was waiting at a level crossing at Norman's Bay near Eastbourne when her sat-nav told her to turn left. She proceeded to drive her Fiesta onto the track, blocking train services between Brighton and Hastings.

 

February 2007: Hampshire County Council erect signs to tell HGV drivers following their sat-nav systems that their 'shortcut' was not suitable for big vehicles. Residents of Beacon Hill Lane were reporting damage to their properties as trucks tried to reverse out of the tight road.

 

March 2007: Following her sat-nav's instructions, a lady drove her 100k Mercedes down a steep road into the River Sence in Leicestershire, ignoring signs that indicated the track was not suitable for motor vehicles. The water swept the car downstream, as the 28-year-old tried to escape by kicking out a window and eventually forced here way out just before the Merc was fully submerged.

 

March 2007: 60 pupils and teachers were driven through rush-hour traffic in London to Hampton Court in Islington, instead of Hampton Court Palace, where they were supposed to be visiting on a school trip, after the driver missed out an all-important word on his sat-nav.

[custard~SPARTA~]

Please tell me what is wrong with a map. What the f... do you need sat nav for if you are not in a desert, even then a map and bloody compass would do.

[Kiwi~SPARTA~]

I use a map. I don't like sat nav, there's nothing worse than a woman telling you where to go.

[Durka-Durka~SPARTA~]

Ahh...all the more reason to use a map. Of course, it takes a tiny bit of skill, but I guess if you can't read a simple map you're not going to do well with a satnav

[Zeno~SPARTA~]

Luddites!

 

 

There are some people in the world whose lack of common sense would get them lost whether they used a compass, a map or satnav. As for the woman driving into the river, well, imagine her driving with a map across the steering wheel, I don't imagine you would want to be in her path lol

[StevenADunn~SPARTA~]

Yeah, everyone always says a map is just as good.

 

Not true, gettting directions from a sat nav is only one small part of what it is for.

 

You also get:

 

Nearest petrol (gas) station, shop, hotel etc (not always available on your old map)

 

as with hotels, you also get the telephone number to phone and see if there is a room available.

 

Traffic updates

 

it is down to the user, some of them just need to put it back in the box and hand it back cause they are just too stupid to have one...

[Postal]

Don't trust the sites that give you directions either. My personal stories on that will never end. Getting to Fort Campbell was the worst one yet.