poppypiesdad
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Idiot idiot idiot and hes a driver
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090325/tuk-driver-led-to-100ft-cliff-edge-by-sa-45dbed5.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090325/tuk-driver-led-to-100ft-cliff-edge-by-sa-45dbed5.html
But the sat nav said......
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Chattonmill
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verytalldave
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BMW driver................
Need I say more?
Wouldnt have happened with COMAND..............
Need I say more?
Wouldnt have happened with COMAND..............
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Wouldnt have happened IF HE'D BEEN LOOKING WHERE HE WAS GOING!!!
What a F***wit!!!
What a F***wit!!!
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Seems Alfie has the same story a little earlier 
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=66797
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=66797
flango
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Worse than that, BMW driver from Doncaster as if we don't already have enough F***witts already.
He probably got it cheap at Netto and had it in pedestrian mode
Chattonmill
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Seems Alfie has the same story a little earlier
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=66797
As pointed out in post 2.........you must have missed that turn
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As pointed out in post 2.........you must have missed that turn
When they said go straight over the roundabout, I.....
Chattonmill
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Change the voice on the Sat Nav to a male voice and you may actually pay attention to what is being said rather than giving the automated voice activated response 'Yes Dear'
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"The car remained stuck in the river for a week after the incident on March 3 until it was recovered by a tow-truck. It is believed to be a write-off."
Ya don't say!
kikkthecat
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I notice from the BBC that he has been charged with driving without due care and attention. But shouldn't there be an offence of being found stupid in charge of a car ??
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When we went to Spain last year we had a TomTom for the journey from Malaga airport to our villa in the mountains ...
Once we turned off the main drag and hit the mountain roads , the TomTom was literally continously telling us to turn left ( over a 1000ft drop ) , when we didn't do this , it instructed us to turn round at the first opportunity and then turn right over the 1000 ft drop ...
Luckily we aren't remedials and lived to tell the tale
Once we turned off the main drag and hit the mountain roads , the TomTom was literally continously telling us to turn left ( over a 1000ft drop ) , when we didn't do this , it instructed us to turn round at the first opportunity and then turn right over the 1000 ft drop ...
Luckily we aren't remedials and lived to tell the tale
Every time I see threads like this I chuckle to myself. Does every sat-nav unit come with a free brain removal operation??
Sat-nav is only for the last couple of miles. I can get to any city in europe with only a map as companion - the COMAND or TOMTOM is only to find the street address once I get there.
Ejits. No other description for them. I have always harboured a longing that these people should be pushed over the edge to ensure their complete removal from the gene pool. Just imagine, the bloke in the example linked to above has probably been allowed to reproduce. So now there are even more terminally stupid homosapiens roaming the planet thanks to him. Not a good situation at all.
Sat-nav is only for the last couple of miles. I can get to any city in europe with only a map as companion - the COMAND or TOMTOM is only to find the street address once I get there.
Ejits. No other description for them. I have always harboured a longing that these people should be pushed over the edge to ensure their complete removal from the gene pool. Just imagine, the bloke in the example linked to above has probably been allowed to reproduce. So now there are even more terminally stupid homosapiens roaming the planet thanks to him. Not a good situation at all.
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My step-son has the habit of turning as soon as it says 'prepare to turn' or 'turn in xxx yds'
He does have the excuse of being a teenage boy & they don't listen to anything properly!
Kate
He does have the excuse of being a teenage boy & they don't listen to anything properly!
Kate
Chattonmill
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Reminds me of the teachers at school.....'If x told you to jump off a cliff....'
davidjpowell
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Worse than that, BMW driver from Doncaster as if we don't already have enough F***witts already.
He probably got it cheap at Netto and had it in pedestrian mode
Glad it was not me! - Having said that if a Road looks like a Path, I may well choose not to go down it.
I am surprised though, the sat nav in my car has a oathalogical fear of any small road, and will normally take a very long route over a lane any day of the week.
Comand is, I think a better system though.
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Frank O' Phile
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The 43-year-old, who works as a driver, said he relies on his sat nav for his job and described the incident as a "nightmare".
He told the Halifax Evening Courier: "It kept insisting the path was a road, even as it was getting narrower and steeper, so I just trusted it."
And this guy works as a 'driver'. Hope it is driving cattle rather than driving a truck.
Always remember:- Whenever you make something idiotproof, they make a better idiot.
He told the Halifax Evening Courier: "It kept insisting the path was a road, even as it was getting narrower and steeper, so I just trusted it."
And this guy works as a 'driver'. Hope it is driving cattle rather than driving a truck.
Always remember:- Whenever you make something idiotproof, they make a better idiot.
