Comments on: Never mind the prat-nav http://www.iqtrainwrecks.com/2008/09/03/never-mind-the-prat-nav/ A Website Dedicated to Information/Data Quality Disasters from Around the World Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:27:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Keith Underdown http://www.iqtrainwrecks.com/2008/09/03/never-mind-the-prat-nav/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Keith Underdown Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:39:06 +0000 http://www.iqtrainwrecks.com/2008/09/03/never-mind-the-prat-nav/#comment-133 See also http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2440539/Syrian-lorry-driver-takes-a-1,600-mile-detour-to-Gibraltar-via-Skegness-thanks-to-sat-nav.html The local authority here is trialling a new sign featuring a satellite and a truck with a bar through it to convey "don't come down here if your satnav is telling you to". There have been numerous incdents of lories geting stuck in the lane through a small village near a major freight depot. See also http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2440539/Syrian-lorry-driver-takes-a-1,600-mile-detour-to-Gibraltar-via-Skegness-thanks-to-sat-nav.html

The local authority here is trialling a new sign featuring a satellite and a truck with a bar through it to convey “don’t come down here if your satnav is telling you to”. There have been numerous incdents of lories geting stuck in the lane through a small village near a major freight depot.

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