Why sat navs need a Govt Health Warning

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/796221...


Man follows sat nav to cliff edge


Mr Jones said he relied on his sat nav system in his job as a driver


A car was left teetering on a cliff edge after the driver followed sat nav directions down a Pennine footpath.
Robert Jones continued to follow the instructions when they told him the narrow, steep path he was driving on in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, was a road.
Mr Jones, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, only stopped when his BMW hit a fence above Gauxholme railway bridge on Sunday morning.
Police have charged Mr Jones with driving without due care and attention.
The 43-year-old, who works as a driver, said he relied on his sat nav for his job.
He described Sunday's incident, during a visit to friends in Todmorden, as "a nightmare".
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Officers received a call at 11.18am on Sunday March 22 reporting that a BMW was hanging off the edge of a cliff off Bacup Road.
"The driver was a 43-year-old man from Doncaster. He has been summonsed to court for driving without due care and attention.

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[Scraggles]

seen this a few weeks ago on another part of the forum, was not at all surprised when read that it was a BMW driver, generally arrogant and believes in himself and so can't be wrong

[Killwilly]

Scraggles said:

seen this a few weeks ago on another part of the forum, was not at all surprised when read that it was a BMW driver, generally arrogant and believes in himself and so can't be wrong

Typical quote from the driver of a Ford Focus 1.6 oil burner.;)

[Scraggles]

forgot to update my profile, but you know it is true

bmw's always seem to think that am going to move over by coming up so close that I can't see their headlights, only works if they have blue lights

[Neil.D]

Scraggles said:

forgot to update my profile, but you know it is true

bmw's always seem to think that am going to move over by coming up so close that I can't see their headlights, only works if they have blue lights

I'd go up the inside, again.

[Scraggles]

recall the inside lane had a pile of trucks on it, possibly why the bmw driver was trying to get me to get out of the way, there was no 3rd lane, so a new car and trying not to floor it all the time

[Dave Dax builder]

Scraggles said:

recall the inside lane had a pile of trucks on it, possibly why the bmw driver was trying to get me to get out of the way, there was no 3rd lane, so a new car and trying not to floor it all the time

Lets just hope the BMW (Or any other driver for that matter) was not in a hurry for some important reason eh!..



.......Nothing could possibly be more important that you could it?

"Arrogant", Wonder who?????

Edited by Dave Dax builder on Monday 13th April 07:55