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Satnav blamed for 300,000 crashes
A RECENT SURVEY carried out by insurance giant Direct Line and sponsored by The Mirror shows that approximately 300,000 drivers in Britain have crashed due to the complete trust they place in their Satnav systems.
1.5 million motorists have suddenly taken dangerous turns on the say-so of their in-car pal, which is a frightening number considering that these systems are supposed to make driving easier.
New sentencing guidelines are now in place which crack down on drivers who kill using these navigation devices in a dangerous manner, with the possibility of two to five years imprisonment for convicted offenders.
The 14 million people who rely on Satnav devices make up more than half of Britain’s motorists so, here’s hoping they’re the half with some kind of common sense.
Unfortunately, this isn’t quite the case as death-defying feats such as driving into the path of a speeding trains and lorries making multi-vehicle-mangling U-turns on crowded roads are among the thousands of mistakes made by those putting their complete faith in the machines.
Maggie Game of Direct Line advises, "If a Satnav gives you an instruction that is likely to endanger other road users, ignore it."
While this is sound advice, it's still shocking that drivers haven’t come to this realisation before now. µ
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SatanNav is just a tool.
The problem is ALWAYS the tool's user.
If the dumbfaqs can't figure out that always doing what the SatanNav says is dangerous then hopefully they will do it in front a petrol lorry and Old Nick can increase his quota of dumbfaqs.
Personally I hate the bloody things and would definately like to see them all have their controls locked out at any speed above a couple of MPH.
Well then, here's to hoping that our future flying cars will have a seriously efficient auto-pilot that engages automatically and cannot be deactivated.
The article begs many questions about remedying this situation. Should for example we incorporate sat-nav's into driver testing whereby they give incorrect directions as a test to a drivers astuteness? or better more accurate technology?. I suspect the answer lies in between!! http://relativewisdom.blogspot.com
Satnavs although make it easier to drive should not replace the trusty map, plan where you want to go and make sure you know where you are going by comparing with a map so you can confirm the sat nav has the right place!
I do use a sat nav but for main roads I plan my own journey and go where I have planned, the sat nav will only moan and re-calculate the route and its a damn tool like a map, never had any problems and if I do not believe it I will park have a quick look at the map.
The map data sat navs have can never be 100% accurate and can't be completly idiot proof, I do think the biggest problem is people will rush out not planning their route and will rely completely on the sat nav which is stupid.
SatNave: Turn left after U-Turn on Brydges Place.
Bloke: Aight. Now what?
SatNave: Shouldn't you be sitting down to an Indian round about now?
Why don't you die now, Drashek?

You are seriously getting on my tits!

What 'Bertho' says about Darwin's rule of the immanent demise of the stupid should surely apply to you?

Don’t you have a Sat-Nav connected to that god damn computer of yours? I really hope so… perhaps it will make you take a sharp right turn off a cliff…

P.S. you seem to read and comment on everything on the internet, don’t you? Why don’t you read some of the other comments people write about you and how much pain and terrible suffering you cause us when we have to read the utter crap you post.

I am now going to visit my bank to ask for a £10,000 ($20,000) loan to give the inquirer in return for your IP address so I can hunt you down. To persuade them, I have printed out some of the nightmares you have posted. My only hope is that they don’t throw me out, asking the security guards on the door to beat me to death for daring to put them through what we have to endure.

Yours most unhappily,

Dave The (Ultie_Hunter) Rave
Get them a flamin bus pass.
Why is a driving licence considered an entitlement not an earned privilege?
Pop, Radiologist at Fort Mcdowell, drives Worse Than QEII. Lots Worse. Its Easy. Just Make Bezerkoff sudden changes & something behind You has To React, Often Badly.

What World Needs is RadarCar. Also I'd believe SatNav, having all suggesstions recorded & repeatable, is open to near billion of Property Loss @ 3K$ Each occurance. Plus Total Liability of....MuchMore.Each Occurance & Pedestrians, 2 points Each Additional.
DRIVE BLIND & LIVE!
drashek
Maybe it is a Good Thing(TM) to have the satnav kill decent law abiding citizens, who are simply too stupid to think for themselves. Let Darwin rule and let us vote for their earned awards.

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Greetings Bertho
I think the problem was there before...
Family members bought them the device because they had a tendency to do stupid things...

Now the device agrees with them and they are subsequently added to the Darwin awards candidates list....
To bad they didn't have common sense to start with.
I love how people can place blame on anything because it definately could not have been the burger in their hands or the fact they they were balancing the check book. forgot to mention that part huh