SatNav claims another victim
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Thats not really the satnavs fault! She said she opened a white gate with a red circle on which is what a rural train crossing looks like, and it doesn't sound there there was a green light so she shouldn't have opened the gate. Chances are she would have done exactly the same had she been driving without the satnav.
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Yup that would of being the wiser option.GTILass wrote:would it not be common sense to open both gates and then shut them once you'd driven through?
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Sat nav is dodgy at times tho so you have to keep your eyes peeled making sure it's not asking you to do illegal turns etc
How can she get away with blameing technology for her own stupidity?
She opens the gate, pulls up, gets out closes the gate and goes to open the gate on the other side. She knew full well she was parking on a bloody train track when she read the sign lol.
Surely youd just have the brains to open both gates drive then close wouldnt you?
Still i guess its not her fault. We should blame the parents for giving her bad genes
She opens the gate, pulls up, gets out closes the gate and goes to open the gate on the other side. She knew full well she was parking on a bloody train track when she read the sign lol.
Surely youd just have the brains to open both gates drive then close wouldnt you?
Still i guess its not her fault. We should blame the parents for giving her bad genes
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Daft cow...
The light probably changed to red while she'd parked her car on the tracks.
She should have opened both gates, checked the light was still green, driven through, checked the lights again, walked across to close the other gate, had a look at the light again, crossed back over and closed the gate behind her.
Well, that's what I'd have done anyway.
I must admit, TomTom did take me a very wierd and wonderful route back from Porthmaddog last year, but it was an ace single-track road over the top of a mountaint (pretty much)... Wicked views and you could see for quite some way, so progress was fun I did get stuck behind two other cars after a while though, and yep, they both had TomTom's in their windows!
I might add that this was in the middle of summer... It would have been a different story if it'd tried to take me up there in the winter!
The light probably changed to red while she'd parked her car on the tracks.
She should have opened both gates, checked the light was still green, driven through, checked the lights again, walked across to close the other gate, had a look at the light again, crossed back over and closed the gate behind her.
Well, that's what I'd have done anyway.
I must admit, TomTom did take me a very wierd and wonderful route back from Porthmaddog last year, but it was an ace single-track road over the top of a mountaint (pretty much)... Wicked views and you could see for quite some way, so progress was fun I did get stuck behind two other cars after a while though, and yep, they both had TomTom's in their windows!
I might add that this was in the middle of summer... It would have been a different story if it'd tried to take me up there in the winter!