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From: Neil Williams on 19 Dec 2009 21:40 On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:30:12 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >Satnav's are a menace Sat-navs are a useful tool, particularly when driving alone. If idiots can't use them properly, that's their problem. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: Roland Perry on 20 Dec 2009 03:28 In message <1jazqsc.1i0o4sqhuv88wN%alan(a)darkroom.+.com>, at 21:49:11 on Sat, 19 Dec 2009, A.Lee <alan(a)darkroom.+.com> remarked: >> I guess the satnav was the distraction after he'd crossed the opposite >> carriageway at the turning. I think he's disingenuous to claim fog though? > >There was no fog. It was a lie, or he is clutching at straws, trying to >save himself with a 'possible' excuse. The mist may have been sufficient that it was harder to read the words on road signs from a few hundred yards away, or to orient oneself by aligning with tall buildings a mile away. So it could slightly increase the chances of getting lost. There was no "fog" in the sense of "London smog", where it's impossible to see across the road, or see a bridge fifty feet ahead. (And I don't think I've seen such a fog anywhere for more than 30 years). -- Roland Perry
From: AlanG on 20 Dec 2009 06:11 On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:15:21 -0000, Halmyre <no.spam(a)this.address> wrote: >In article <df6qi5tkg14o3qnhnpqjcfl4o925nd0b9o(a)4ax.com>, James >Martin(a)hgvu.com says... >> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:35:25 +0000, Denis McMahon >> <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >I see that the bus company was very very quick to announce that their >> >buses are not satnav equipped. Almost too quick, like maybe they gave >> >him a portable satnav to use for this trip and told him just follow the >> >satnav, and now they're trying to distance themselves from that. >> Satnav's are a menace and how the MOT can allow them to be used by >> anyone beats me they are a dangerous piece of equipment the numerous >> stories regarding them should be enough to stop anyone buying one. I >> would not have one given me, maybe that is why Halfords are trying to >> get rid by selling them at 50% off >> > >Satnavs are like any other piece of hardware and are only as much of a menace >as the end user. Indeed. After driving around Northamptonshire recently for an hour in the dark trying to find the place we were staying I went out and bought a basic satnav. That will not happen again
From: JNugent on 20 Dec 2009 08:58 James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: > wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote: >> James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >>> Satnav's are a menace >> Sat-navs are a useful tool, particularly when driving alone. If >> idiots can't use them properly, that's their problem. > Satnav.s have a habit of taking you through housing estates and along > almost impassable roads has I stated I wouldn't have one given me . If you're trying to find an address in a "housing estate", they're invaluable.
From: Conor on 20 Dec 2009 10:32
In article <lhasi55t5bp4hb83jl2huanbtucegeb2i2(a)4ax.com>, James Martin(a)hgvu.com says... > > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:40:36 GMT, wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk (Neil > Williams) wrote: > > >On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:30:12 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: > > > >>Satnav's are a menace > > > >Sat-navs are a useful tool, particularly when driving alone. If > >idiots can't use them properly, that's their problem. > > > >Neil > Satnav.s have a habit of taking you through housing estates and along > almost impassable roads has I stated I wouldn't have one given me . Not in my experience and I've used them for 100,000's of miles. You have to use a little common sense. Talking of which, you apparently think its better to drive with an A to Z in one hand whilst trying to navigate through a built up area... -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. |