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Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« on: 17 January 2013, 11:33:27 »
No reason to disbelieve the story.

http://recombu.com/cars/articles/news/woman-blindly-follows-satnav-through-six-countries

Bring back maps and more importantly the ability to read them and a modicum of common sense!

Incidentally, on car rallies does the driver now have a sack of potatoes and a sat nav or does the navigator (there is a term from the past) still peer through his Poti at own folded flat Ordance survey map shouting (no headsets) flat left, 400 hairpin right, 200  90 left........

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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #1 on: 17 January 2013, 11:38:29 »
No need to ban GPS or anything like that, one thing and one thing alone would have prevented this - as you said, common sense.

I can't even imagine how you can drive for even 1/48th that time and not realise something has gone wrong without being some kind of simpleton.
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #2 on: 17 January 2013, 11:43:17 »
Can you imagine what Rene would say.."You stupid woman, can you not see you covered half of Europe"..silly sod. ::)
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #3 on: 17 January 2013, 11:47:53 »
probs typed it wrong into the nav... one letter wrong at the start and that could put you in bother ha. I remember my sat nav telling me to turn left once which was a slip way to the sea.....i remember becuase i didnt have an amphibious vehicle at the time and thought hmmm. i dont think ill bother.
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #4 on: 17 January 2013, 12:11:45 »
Sorry but I am sceptical about this story! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Can you imagine anyone of reasonable intelligence, with a rough idea of how long the journey to the railway station would take travelling for 900 miles over numerous hours?  Come on, pull the other leg!!! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Us women are well know to do something that men rarely do when feeling lost; we ASK someone for directions!!! :D :D :D :D :D

This is either one of those "stories" created to entertain people with  it's stupidity, or this women suffers from severe dementia and should not be driving anyway! :o :o :o :o

It is nothing to do with technology! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #5 on: 17 January 2013, 12:26:04 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 17 January 2013, 12:11:45
Sorry but I am sceptical about this story! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Can you imagine anyone of reasonable intelligence, with a rough idea of how long the journey to the railway station would take travelling for 900 miles over numerous hours?  Come on, pull the other leg!!! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Us women are well know to do something that men rarely do when feeling lost; we ASK someone for directions!!! :D :D :D :D :D

This is either one of those "stories" created to entertain people with  it's stupidity, or this women suffers from severe dementia and should not be driving anyway! :o :o :o :o

It is nothing to do with technology! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y

It is a woman were talking about here Lizzie  :P :P They are brilliant with white goods, small domestic appliances and doing two domestic jobs at once but put a steering wheel in front of them and they are useless ;D ;D ;D 
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #6 on: 17 January 2013, 12:29:03 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 17 January 2013, 12:11:45
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Can you imagine anyone of reasonable intelligence, with a rough idea of how long the journey to the railway station would take travelling for 900 miles over numerous hours?  Come on, pull the other leg!!! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ......


IIRC when the M25 was first opened as an orbital motorway a driver (I really can't remember if it was a man or woman) drove around it for days!!  ::)  ;D  ;D
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #7 on: 17 January 2013, 12:35:23 »
Quote from: aaronjb on 17 January 2013, 11:38:29
No need to ban GPS or anything like that, one thing and one thing alone would have prevented this - as you said, common sense.

I can't even imagine how you can drive for even 1/48th that time and not realise something has gone wrong without being some kind of simpleton.
+1  :y
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #8 on: 17 January 2013, 12:39:42 »
It wouldn't have happened with border controls..... BLOODY EU ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #9 on: 17 January 2013, 12:41:00 »
Is Lizzie not biting yet  :D
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #10 on: 17 January 2013, 12:42:05 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 17 January 2013, 12:11:45
Sorry but I am sceptical about this story! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)


Me too. Even the thickest of people would have some idea about how long it should take to drive 38 miles
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #11 on: 17 January 2013, 12:52:44 »
There was a case years ago when an old fella and his wife set off for somewhere in the far north, and were stopped by police somewhere near their starting point, Kent I think it was. They got so far up north but turned off the A1 I think it was, by mistake, and headed south again ;D ;D
I'll have to have a google :y
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #12 on: 17 January 2013, 12:57:26 »
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #13 on: 17 January 2013, 13:13:46 »
Quote from: terbert on 17 January 2013, 12:57:26
This is an M25 one.....


Actually, it's quite easy to spend hours on the M25 and not get anywhere, especially on Friday evenings   :-\
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Re: Woman blindly follows sat-nav through six countries
« Reply #14 on: 17 January 2013, 14:33:09 »
Quote from: Elite Pete on 17 January 2013, 12:41:00
Is Lizzie not biting yet  :D


Nope! ::) ::) ::)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D
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