Obey Your Sat-Nav

[BSRU]

A driver crashes into a low bridge claiming he did not see the signs, must have had his eyes closed and just blindly obeyed his sat-nav.

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/...__s_not_a_lorry_fun_in_first_week_on_the_job/

 

[Archie_tect]

Taking a short-cut down a lane I'd not noticed before, which should have saved 3 or 4 miles along the usual route, recommended by my old Tom-Tom [when I first got it], I started to think it was having me on when I approached a farm yard where a man was washing his car... I wound the window down and before I said a word he said, "Tom Tom?"....

 

[PeteXXX]

Bridge bashing.. That's usually a sacking offence in Transport Companies (especially 3 days into a job!)

 

[summerdays]

Hmm.... Driver says:

He said: “I was following the sat nav and did not see the signs.
“I would definitely say that there need to be clearer signs leading up to the bridge.

Council says:

There are ordinary warning signs on the approach, and there are flashing vehicle-activated warning signs.
“Then there is the bridge itself, which apart from looking extremely low is painted yellow, and has a band of reflective chevrons attached.
“There is also a sign on the side showing its height, accompanied by the words ‘Low Bridge’ in huge letters. We’re struggling to think of anything else we can realistically do.

Specsavers possibly?

 

[ColinJ]

A fine local example!

 

[Lance Jack]

A Sat Nav is just like having a person sitting next to you reading a map and giving directions. You are the driver, you may listen and take advice, but at the end of the day you control the vehicle.

 

[Arch]

Hmm.... Driver says:
He said: “I was following the sat nav and did not see the signs.
“I would definitely say that there need to be clearer signs leading up to the bridge.

Council says:
There are ordinary warning signs on the approach, and there are flashing vehicle-activated warning signs.
“Then there is the bridge itself, which apart from looking extremely low is painted yellow, and has a band of reflective chevrons attached.
“There is also a sign on the side showing its height, accompanied by the words ‘Low Bridge’ in huge letters. We’re struggling to think of anything else we can realistically do.

Specsavers possibly?

Guide dogs for the Blind more like:

From Google Street View:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Co...panoid=57lynJROWtHw3rdbZZv4UQ&cbp=12,315,,0,0

(Sorry, can't make the image appear in the post)

 

[BSRU]

Guide dogs for the Blind more like:

From Google Street View:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Corporation St, Swindon, UK&hl=en&ll=51.566627,-1.782446&spn=0.004842,0.011802&sll=51.565221,-1.781346&sspn=0.010858,0.027595&t=h&hnear=Corporation St, Swindon, United Kingdom&z=16&layer=c&cbll=51.566508,-1.782354&panoid=57lynJROWtHw3rdbZZv4UQ&cbp=12,315,,0,0

(Sorry, can't make the image appear in the post)

From the direction the driver approached
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Co...1AVaW1784qwjRejIakfLow&cbp=12,78.84,,0,0&z=16

 

[asterix]

A Sat Nav is just like having a person sitting next to you reading a map and giving directions. You are the driver, you may listen and take advice, but at the end of the day you control the vehicle.

Are you married?

 

[Glow worm]

This bridge at Ely under a railway, gets struck by high vehicles about once a month- sometimes much more often, causing long delays.

I used to laugh at the idiots, but sadly it has led to plans for a bypass to avoid the bridge which will destroy some priceless water meadows, from which breathtaking views of Ely Cathedral will be lost forever. The price we pay in this world for f***wits!

 

[TVC]

Sat nav problem or plain stupidity?

http://travel.aol.co.uk/2013/06/18/...t-cornwall-instead-ferry-spain/?ncid=webmail3

 

[Arch]

From the direction the driver approached
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Corporation St, Swindon, UK&hl=en&ll=51.565867,-1.783154&spn=0.011004,0.033023&sll=51.565221,-1.781346&sspn=0.010858,0.027595&t=h&hnear=Corporation St, Swindon, United Kingdom&layer=c&cbll=51.566022,-1.782844&panoid=1AVaW1784qwjRejIakfLow&cbp=12,78.84,,0,0&z=16

Yeah, that's still pretty clear, I think!

 

[Sara_H]

Ha ha..... reminds me of the time I followed my satnav into some woods. The route must have been a road in years gone by.
Luckily I was only in my little nissan micra, so no harm done - I fully admit to being a complete tit on that occasion!

 

[Arch]

There is a story told of a driver hired to take the daughter of a Chelsea director and some of her friends to a home game. So he bungs Stamford Bridge into his Sat Nav.

And ends up halfway between York and Pocklington...

 

[Hover Fly]

Hmm.... Driver says:

Council says:

Specsavers possibly?

Something like the old quintain used for jousting practice? A steel beam across the road, just under maximum bridge height, if a vehicle hits it, a steel spike swings down and impales the driver's heart steel spikes pop up and puncture the tyres.