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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: eddie on 24 March 2009, 23:06:50

Title: Beware the sat nav!
Post by: eddie on 24 March 2009, 23:06:50
Yeah just drive of the cliff mate...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7962212.stm

Having watched one of our (taxi) drivers try to get to Caerphilly from Cardiff through a field (with fare onboard) nothing surprises me any more.

eddie
Title: Re: Beware the sat nav!
Post by: miggcddave on 24 March 2009, 23:10:50
talk about cutting corners ;D ;D
Title: Re: Beware the sat nav!
Post by: jerry on 24 March 2009, 23:12:53
whatever happened to the art of map reading .....
Title: Re: Beware the sat nav!
Post by: BigAl on 24 March 2009, 23:33:48
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whatever happened to the art of map reading .....
Never mind map reading - what happened to common sense!
The moron only stopped "when his BMW hit a fence above Gauxholme railway bridge" according to the story :-X
Title: Re: Beware the sat nav!
Post by: Vamps on 24 March 2009, 23:39:12
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whatever happened to the art of map reading .....
Never mind map reading - what happened to common sense!
The moron only stopped "when his BMW hit a fence above Gauxholme railway bridge" according to the story :-X
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More or less word for word what I was going to say, come on, you must know if you are on a road.
It is my opinion that sat nav's are more dangerous than mobile phones the time people spend fiddling and looking whilst driving.
I will stick to map's thank you, though I will admit to looking up streets on the computer, print off and off I go. :y
Title: Re: Beware the sat nav!
Post by: nick v6 on 25 March 2009, 07:02:03
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whatever happened to the art of map reading .....
Never mind map reading - what happened to common sense!
The moron only stopped "when his BMW hit a fence above Gauxholme railway bridge" according to the story :-X
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More or less word for word what I was going to say, come on, you must know if you are on a road.
It is my opinion that sat nav's are more dangerous than mobile phones the time people spend fiddling and looking whilst driving.
I will stick to map's thank you, though I will admit to looking up streets on the computer, print off and off I go. :y

thats what i'm doing
never hit a fence once
Title: Re: Beware the sat nav!
Post by: Chris_H on 25 March 2009, 09:32:27
I have no desire to defend SatNavs generally as they can be a BIG distraction quite apart from their 'errors of judgement' but I have found them useful in poor visibility for warning of sharp bends ahead etc.

I pride myself on an ability to navigate by sense of direction and these devices tend to de-skill drivers even where there were minimal skills in the first place.