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Old 11 May 2007, 12:29   #1
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Sat nav dangerous

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/6646331.stm

"A 20-year-old woman's car was wrecked by a train after she followed her sat nav system onto a railway track."

There have been quite a few incidents like this now - sat navs are obviously very dangerous and should carry a government warning - for women drivers!!!
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... sat navs... should carry a government warning - for women drivers!!!
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Tell me about it - my girlfriend fully agrees about women drivers. Old drivers are a much more dangerous breed - irrespective of gender - don't see many of them using sat nav though - probably too deaf to hear it and can't read the screen......
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.. Old drivers are a much more dangerous breed - irrespective of gender - don't see many of them using sat nav though - probably too deaf to hear it and can't read the screen......
Err, pardon, did you say something?
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"A 20-year-old woman's car was wrecked by a train after she followed her sat nav system onto a railway track."

There have been quite a few incidents like this now - sat navs are obviously very dangerous and should carry a government warning - for women drivers!!!
No, a 20-year-old woman's car was wrecked when a moron got behind the wheel....

FFS, how do these people pass the test ?
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No, a 20-year-old woman's car was wrecked when a moron got behind the wheel....

FFS, how do these people pass the test ?
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You guys should check out the driving test deal in Ireland... I failed my test 1.5 times there, dropped the examiner off after the test/s and drove myself off home!

Passed on Test No. 2.5 though ... the flirting + stethoscope on the back seat worked a treat
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I failed my test 1.5 times there, dropped the examiner off after the test/s and drove myself off home!

Passed on Test No. 2.5 though ..
Please explain the 0.5 of a test bit - I thought you could only get them in whole numbers

Other classic example of Sat Nav is one hotel in Southampton area. The sat nav gets you as close as it feels you can be. Only trouble is that this requires you to park on the hard shoulder of the M3 and walk up the grass bank

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No, a 20-year-old woman's car was wrecked when a moron got behind the wheel....


Can't stand sat-navs. Give me a map any day...
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Please explain the 0.5 of a test bit - I thought you could only get them in whole numbers
A "0.5 test" happens when you present for a test, successfully get halfway through it ... and then the examiner cops that you're attempting to take the test in an "illegal vehicle"
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Sorry but how is the sat nav to blame

Reading it she parked on the crossing/track to open the second gate
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Sorry but how is the sat nav to blame

Reading it she parked on the crossing/track to open the second gate
Exactly...

As Harry Enfield put it...

Look, Listen, Take Heed...

WOMEN ! For pity's sake, don't drive....

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Passed on Test No. 2.5 though ... the flirting + stethoscope on the back seat worked a treat
I passed driving tests 1, 2, 4 and 6. Failed 3 and 5 but always completed the test. Not a stethoscope in sight!

When I took my theory test I had been driving on a full licence since before anyone else in the room was even born. That made me feel a bit old.

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Tell me about it - my girlfriend fully agrees about women drivers. Old drivers are a much more dangerous breed - irrespective of gender - don't see many of them using sat nav though - probably too deaf to hear it and can't read the screen......
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/6651181.stm

This lady would probably beg to differ...

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