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eddie

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Beware the sat nav!
« 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.

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Re: Beware the sat nav!
« Reply #1 on: 24 March 2009, 23:10:50 »
talk about cutting corners ;D ;D
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Re: Beware the sat nav!
« Reply #2 on: 24 March 2009, 23:12:53 »
whatever happened to the art of map reading .....
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Re: Beware the sat nav!
« Reply #3 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
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Re: Beware the sat nav!
« Reply #4 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
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Re: Beware the sat nav!
« Reply #5 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
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Re: Beware the sat nav!
« Reply #6 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.
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