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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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And (at the risk of a trip to the naughty step) they say that women are the safer drivers they certainly cannot navigate (speaking from personal experience of both my wife and my mother) _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
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Toggy tea slurper Guest
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not a very good navigator but I do know that if my tom tom tells me to drive over a cliff, onto a railway line or into a ditch then it's best to ignore it.
Commonsense seems to desert some people when using sat nav. |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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"Turn right ahead and drive off the big cliff 200m infront of you...."
The telling phrase is: "If maybe I had been more aware of the situation, I wouldn't have had the accident." No, seriously?
Some people aren't safe to be let behind the wheel of a car. No wonder car insurance is so expensive. _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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Rachel Guest
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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It is possible <blush>( when somewhere really unfamiliar) to get into a mode where you just blindly follow the sat-nav instructions......I did end up in a Tesco's car park in Hove once. The map in my sat-nav is a couple of years out of date ... it was a new Tescos..........I had to pay to get out! |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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And that's the whole point regarding why satnavs are dangerous - you end up relying upon them instead of using an up-to-date map or reading road signs, and thinking for yourself. Any deviation and you end up trusting the machine, thinking "well, it must be giving me the right directions" - right up until it leads you up a mountain track in Scotland, over a farm level-crossing in Wales or into Tesco's car park in Hove! _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Thick, stupid Sat nav driver's car hit by train |
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Couldn't have put it better myself!! _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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iwarburton
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 2133 Location: Northumberland
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Mrs W uses SatNav---I don't care for it myself. Provided it's backed up with a bit of common sense, it can be a very useful tool.
Ian. |
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seymourwhitebits
Joined: 31 Mar 2007 Posts: 560 Location: Birmingham
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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can't beat a map
people just put blind faith in these things then blame them for making them turn onto bloomin railway tracks. how thick do you have to be not to realise that turning onto the track cannot be right
its scary that these people are driving on the same roads as me
well until they follow their sat-nav that is _________________ "Timpani!, Timpani!, They've all got it Timpani!"- All drummers know the pain of skin trouble. |
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