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From: Conor on 26 Dec 2009 15:13 In article <7pmr6bF7p2U1(a)mid.individual.net>, johnwright says... > A very good idea. You may find that many bridge strikes by buses are > done by drivers of single deck buses asked to drive double deckers. And? Still doesn't alter the fact they took no notice of the sign for the bridge nor the clearly displayed height of their vehicle. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 26 Dec 2009 15:15 In article <d7jcj5pfsls71bmfh6stcjcnumk6eph6h2(a)4ax.com>, James Martin(a)hgvu.com says... > > On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:13:48 +0000, mechanic <mechanic(a)example.net> > wrote: > > > > >there were road closures for maintenance/ resurfacing and traffic > >was diverted off the A1 onto the lanes of North Yorkshire with no > >diversion signs or other indications of ways round the obstruction. > >If one had no local geographic knowledge of the local towns and > >their relative positions, and no maps in the car, what then? > > > >Nightmare! > Before setting out on a journey into an area that is not known to you > one checks out the area for such things before leaving home by ringing > the local police for the area concedrned . And nothing has ever happened between your checking and the three hours its taken you to get to a place... -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Neil Williams on 26 Dec 2009 15:23 On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:33:13 -0800 (PST), NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote: >> I wonder how many satnav's had their owners running round in circles >> when the bridges went down Cockermouth and Workington the other >> week and are still sending their owners on wild goose chases ! . > >Hardly a reasonable comment, these were exceptional circumstances but >supposing the people had a map instead, it would be just as incorrect, >the sat nav owner can download an update, how do you update a map >without buying a new one (Admiralty charts excepted). And when they see that the bridge is out, they will be able to re-route with a few button presses. That's one reason why I still use a sat-nav even on a known route (though with the sound turned off) - it's a major benefit when things go wrong. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: Neil Williams on 26 Dec 2009 15:24 On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:44:38 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >Which again proves that a satnav is a useless piece of nonsense one >can see a diversion sign on any road and act accordingly but you >people who just love new gadgets will never see that no matter how >useless they are . When an accident has just closed the motorway ahead of you, there might not *be* a diversion sign. All I need to do is push "Roadblock Ahead" - "500m" (or whatever), leave at the next junction and my sat-nav will tell me what to do next, even on roads I've never been on, and all without stopping for a while to read a map and choose a route. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: Mr X on 26 Dec 2009 15:31
"Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:MPG.25a07e919e04c8e5989ac2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <8nicj5hm82uff492hi8dvjbn9vtf7bks2r(a)4ax.com>, James > Martin(a)hgvu.com says... > >> >Hardly a reasonable comment, these were exceptional circumstances but >> >supposing the people had a map instead, it would be just as incorrect, >> >the sat nav owner can download an update, how do you update a map >> >without buying a new one (Admiralty charts excepted). >> Which again proves that a satnav is a useless piece of nonsense > > Only to a simpleton like you. > >> one >> can see a diversion sign on any road and act accordingly but you >> people who just love new gadgets will never see that no matter how >> useless they are . > > You're assuming such a sign exists. > Which it didn't when I was diverted off the M18 in the early hours of the morning a few months ago. Without the satnav I'd have never escaped Donny! |