Sat Nav Funny Stories
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I am currently writing an article for a local county council road safety magazine on Sat Nav survival, with some tips for using Sat Navs safely etc etc.
I would like to include a few funny 'real life' stories in the article from people who have had bad/amusing experiences with sat-navs. So if anyone has anything they would like to share I would appreciate that. If you could leave your first name and city/town if you dont mind that being published in our magazine that would be great.
Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you...
I would like to include a few funny 'real life' stories in the article from people who have had bad/amusing experiences with sat-navs. So if anyone has anything they would like to share I would appreciate that. If you could leave your first name and city/town if you dont mind that being published in our magazine that would be great.
Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you...
SniffPetrol said:
We’re all used to stories of sat-nav units telling drivers to drive into rivers or across fields, but one motorist received a particular shock this week when his portable navigation system unexpectedly instructed him to kick a tramp to death.
Roger Gnrrrrt of Fumbling, in Darkness, was relying on his sat-nav system to take him to an important business meeting in Reading when the unfortunate instruction occurred, with disastrous consequences. ‘I was approaching a roundabout and expected my nav to tell me to turn left, head straight on or what-have-you’ Mr Gnrrrrt explained. ‘So when it instructed me to belt the s
t out of a homeless man I was a little taken aback. Unfortunately, I’m far too feckless to think for myself and reluctantly had to cruise around the local area until I found a suitable vagrant upon which I could exact inexplicable physical brutality’.
A spokeswomaniser from Bongo, the makers of Mr Gnrrrrt’s unfortunate navigator, was quick to react: ‘Obviously we’re very sorry that one of our customers was put in this situation,’ he said. ‘It seems that in certain, very unusual circumstances, a tiny programming glitch can cause the Bongo 2000 to replace the standard “take the first exit” voice instruction with the less common “please kick a tramp to death as soon as possible” command’.
Bongo is now said to be working to prevent this embarrassing error happening unnecessarily in future. In the meantime, the company was keen to reassure its current users that there is no need for alarm or to buy some heavy boots just in case. ‘Unfortunately, given the complexity of modern navigation units, tiny glitches can occur, but we work very hard to fix them as soon as possible’ said their representative. ‘For example, we have already managed to remove a small programme bug in our set route through Mississippi so that it no longer has that thing about careering off the road and rolling your car’.
How about that one?Roger Gnrrrrt of Fumbling, in Darkness, was relying on his sat-nav system to take him to an important business meeting in Reading when the unfortunate instruction occurred, with disastrous consequences. ‘I was approaching a roundabout and expected my nav to tell me to turn left, head straight on or what-have-you’ Mr Gnrrrrt explained. ‘So when it instructed me to belt the s
t out of a homeless man I was a little taken aback. Unfortunately, I’m far too feckless to think for myself and reluctantly had to cruise around the local area until I found a suitable vagrant upon which I could exact inexplicable physical brutality’.A spokeswomaniser from Bongo, the makers of Mr Gnrrrrt’s unfortunate navigator, was quick to react: ‘Obviously we’re very sorry that one of our customers was put in this situation,’ he said. ‘It seems that in certain, very unusual circumstances, a tiny programming glitch can cause the Bongo 2000 to replace the standard “take the first exit” voice instruction with the less common “please kick a tramp to death as soon as possible” command’.
Bongo is now said to be working to prevent this embarrassing error happening unnecessarily in future. In the meantime, the company was keen to reassure its current users that there is no need for alarm or to buy some heavy boots just in case. ‘Unfortunately, given the complexity of modern navigation units, tiny glitches can occur, but we work very hard to fix them as soon as possible’ said their representative. ‘For example, we have already managed to remove a small programme bug in our set route through Mississippi so that it no longer has that thing about careering off the road and rolling your car’.
My wife and I decided to go to Lowestoft one Sunday afternoon. Did you know that it's the most easterly point of the United Kingdom?
Anyway, my left eye isn't what it was, and without noticing, I fixed the SatNav to the windscreen upside down.
How we laughed as we rolled into Aberystwyth later that evening.
Gordon, Westminster.
Anyway, my left eye isn't what it was, and without noticing, I fixed the SatNav to the windscreen upside down.
How we laughed as we rolled into Aberystwyth later that evening.
Gordon, Westminster.
Last year I went with three mates to see some bike racing at Magny Cours and on the way down we had been using Martins TomTom with Clint Eastwood voice. I had my Garmin Zumo with posh English accent for a back up. Well we decided to find an F1 for the night so I programmed places to stay on the Garmin and stuck it up on the screen next to the TomTom. For several miles they were giving the same commands within a few seconds of each other. The posh woman says 'take the next exit' Just after we turned Clint says 'You have gone wrong stupid! Turn round' Posh says 'take the next right' Clint gets more annoyed and we managed to park up at a suitable hostelry just before it got real nasty!
williamp said:
I remember driving back in the mid 80s, and the Sat Nav told me to stay on the M25...
...the only problem was, the M25 wasn't a complete loop then, and I ended up in the Kent Countryside near Brands hatch!
William, Leicester (ex Kent)
Mid 80's? Had the yanks put the satellites up then?...the only problem was, the M25 wasn't a complete loop then, and I ended up in the Kent Countryside near Brands hatch!
William, Leicester (ex Kent)
BigLepton said:
Sarah N said:
I am currently writing an article for a local county council road safety magazine
That sounds awfully like a Safety Camera Partnership to me. . . . . . . 
And she has no car listed either...?!
BURN HER!! but not until she's posted a picture because in 'certain' circumstances we may allow non-drivers to stay here...
Steve748 said:
williamp said:
I remember driving back in the mid 80s, and the Sat Nav told me to stay on the M25...
...the only problem was, the M25 wasn't a complete loop then, and I ended up in the Kent Countryside near Brands hatch!
William, Leicester (ex Kent)
Mid 80's? Had the yanks put the satellites up then?...the only problem was, the M25 wasn't a complete loop then, and I ended up in the Kent Countryside near Brands hatch!
William, Leicester (ex Kent)
Edited by OJ on Tuesday 10th February 17:00
OJ said:
Steve748 said:
williamp said:
I remember driving back in the mid 80s, and the Sat Nav told me to stay on the M25...
...the only problem was, the M25 wasn't a complete loop then, and I ended up in the Kent Countryside near Brands hatch!
William, Leicester (ex Kent)
Mid 80's? Had the yanks put the satellites up then?...the only problem was, the M25 wasn't a complete loop then, and I ended up in the Kent Countryside near Brands hatch!
William, Leicester (ex Kent)
PS Is it only me who reads Williamp's name as Willi Amp, perhaps a German who is big into Audio equipment?
Edited by ShadownINja on Tuesday 10th February 16:51
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