Sat nav replaces drivers' brain...

Osem · 24-03-2009, 19:54

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7962212.stm

NoKnowledge · 24-03-2009, 20:03

The road becomes narrow and narrow and the driver can't be bothered to do a 3 point turn and carries on driving, just incase another car comes the other way and causes a RTA or the driver thinks the road will get better and ride it out.

lucy7 · 24-03-2009, 20:07

Only in .........................Yorkshire!

Tech_Boy · 24-03-2009, 20:09

"only stopped when his BMW hit a fence", says it all really, we all know that the only reason that A BMW has indicators is to pass the MOT

Gary L · 24-03-2009, 23:10

What's he being prosecuted for? being an idiot or hitting a fence?

24-03-2009, 23:32

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Originally Posted by Tech_Boy

"only stopped when his BMW hit a fence", says it all really, we all know that the only reason that A BMW has indicators is to pass the MOT

Audi drivers seem to have taken over the previous dubious notoriety of the BMW pilot, in my recent experience .....

BBKing · 25-03-2009, 07:34

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What's he being prosecuted for? being an idiot or hitting a fence?

Driving Without Due Care And Attention, and if the facts of the case are as stated he's going to need a good brief...

bopdude · 25-03-2009, 07:56

Now obviously this guy's a bit of a plank, as a heavy TomTom user myself, often in unknown towns and cities, I rely on it to get me A to B without 'asking to many questions' if I failed to notice a one way sign and TT took me up there, would I be prosecuted ? If so, surely I would have some comeback against TT ? I've never read their T&C's, I bet there's a disclaimer in there somewhere though.

LondonRoad · 25-03-2009, 08:08

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Originally Posted by Gary L

What's he being prosecuted for? being an idiot or hitting a fence?

I don't think being an idiot is illegal.... at least I'm hoping....

southwell · 25-03-2009, 08:14

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Originally Posted by homealone

Audi drivers seem to have taken over the previous dubious notoriety of the BMW pilot, in my recent experience .....

Don't know about that, had a VW driver weaving in and out of people on the motorway on sunday, still didn't get anywhere and i passed him again after his 15 mins of trying to barge people out of the way, by just staying in my lane.

Uncle Peter · 25-03-2009, 10:05

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Originally Posted by harmitage

I don't think being an idiot is illegal.... at least I'm hoping....

The only effective measure against being that much of an idiot is to be put down I think.

I wonder if he subscribed to Tom-Tom's "excellent" map update subscription: From 7.95 per quarter for 4 hopelessly out-of-date maps.

frogstamper · 25-03-2009, 12:39

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Originally Posted by bopdude

Now obviously this guy's a bit of a plank, as a heavy TomTom user myself, often in unknown towns and cities, I rely on it to get me A to B without 'asking to many questions' if I failed to notice a one way sign and TT took me up there, would I be prosecuted ? If so, surely I would have some comeback against TT ? I've never read their T&C's, I bet there's a disclaimer in there somewhere though.

I bet your right about that, in the T&C's I'd imagine Tom Tom spin some line about "we are only an aid to navigation, road signs and conditions change periodically so driver discretion is always recommended".
Like you say bopdude I'll bet there is a magic line saying something similar to get them off the hook.
Like yourself I too spend a lot of time in my car and sat nav has been a god-send when driving in an unfamiliar town/city, the only problem I've found is that after using it for a couple of years now you tend to over rely on it, it becomes very easy to just follow it even when some thing in the back of your mind is telling you it isn't correct.
In other words although I wouldn't be without it, its certainly made me a lazier driver.

26-03-2009, 05:03

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Originally Posted by bopdude

Now obviously this guy's a bit of a plank, as a heavy TomTom user myself, often in unknown towns and cities, I rely on it to get me A to B without 'asking to many questions' if I failed to notice a one way sign and TT took me up there, would I be prosecuted ? If so, surely I would have some comeback against TT ? I've never read their T&C's, I bet there's a disclaimer in there somewhere though.

You wouldn't have any comeback as you were in control of the car.
That is why you took the test in the first place.
Stupidity is no excuse.

Scarlett · 26-03-2009, 07:17

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Originally Posted by homealone

Audi drivers seem to have taken over the previous dubious notoriety of the BMW pilot, in my recent experience .....

Yep I can agree to that, I think its what the sales reps switched to when they renewed there cars...

As for the sat nav, I always tend to have a look on multi-map if I've not been somewhere before to see where I'm supposed to be.

On the other hand having made a 'best guess' for the site of a field where I would be camping out (and getting it pretty much spot on) the Sat Nav took us the wrong way and had us driving towards a river... (which to be fair, was the nearest road to the field!) we passed the test, stopped and rang ahead to find out where we'd gone wrong.

26-03-2009, 07:28

Think everone now relies on sat-nav instead of a brain! last night i ordered a pizza from one of the large delivery outfits,usually it takes around 40 mins to arrive last night it was not with me after about 75 mins! not peak time as usual either so i rang them.

They had claimed they sent the pizza out twice,and when the pizza got delivered to me eventually the young lad blamed his sat -nav for the delays! and i live on a large area of our town.