Sat-nav takes cabbie into river

[Sankari]

A driver, stranded after he drove into a river, said his sat-nav system guided him in there.

The mini-bus driver was on his way to collect a fare in Castle Acre, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, when he took a wrong turn into the River Nar.

Pat Bowles, from Streamline Taxis, said: "Normal people would stop and back out but because his sat-nav told him to keep going that's what he did.

"I don't think he did think until he couldn't go any further."
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Beeb.

 

[manoz]

His Sat-Nav obviously has mind control.

Reminds me of a scene from The Office(US)

 

[Tom|Nbk]

The name of the Taxi company is so fitting.

 

[Will_3rd]

So much for common sense...

oh wait it's a taxi driver!

 

[James07]

The name of the Taxi company is so fitting.

LOL!!!

Danmc07 came within inches of driving into a canal due to sat nav in an area he had never been in..

The sat nav sent him up the side of a canal for like 10 mins LOL!!!

 

[danza]

Reminds me of this:

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/82089-never-trust-sat-nav.html

Total epic fail.

 

[4T5]

Reminds me of this:

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/82089-never-trust-sat-nav.html

Total epic fail.

Top story, 14 hours stuck in the lane & the missus doing the No head routine
We seek out lanes like that for fun but get each other out when stuck.

 

[SkeeterUK]

quality

 

[iamdjdz]

Reminds me of this:

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/82089-never-trust-sat-nav.html

Total epic fail.

Brilliant.

 

[Confused]

The thread title should be "Cabbie is an idiot and drives into river"

 

[Glaucus]

how are people so thick, do they drive staring at the sat nav. He should be charged with driving without due care and attention.

 

[Biohazard]

Reminds me of this:

http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/82089-never-trust-sat-nav.html

Total epic fail.

 

[TaKeN]

Satnav is there as a guide only.. you don't follow its every instruction

What ever happened to common sense ?

 

[atpbx]

I've use Sat nav extensively in my delivery job and even in the wilds of the lincolnshire worlds, to the depths of the scabbiest fens, to urban decay of Peterborough and Nottingham through to the indescribable hell hole that is our nations capital, have i EVER encountered a situation where the magic box tries to drive me into a river. or up a mud track.

 

[furnace]

What an absolute tard.

You cannot blame that on a sat nav... it's 100% down to stupidity!

 

[shauncr91]

I wonder if this is the kind of guy who takes the expression 'Go over the roundabout', as an opportunity to get some off-road fun straight over the thing

 

[PhillyDee]

I wonder if this is the kind of guy who takes the expression 'Go over the roundabout', as an opportunity to get some off-road fun straight over the thing

Its a taxi-driver, so yes.

 

[Scania]

Satnav is there as a guide only.. you don't follow its every instruction

What ever happened to common sense ?

Sat navs effectively disable a drivers common sence.

They guide you to places without you having to bother to take notice where you are actually going.

At work, it never ceases to amaze me when I hear a driver say "I can't go there, I have not got my Satnav" meaning, without it, they are lost.

Whatever happened to good old road craft & map reading?

 

[uber soldat]

Taxi driver is a moron, would he have kept going if it took him to the edge of a cliff and it told him to keep goin for another 40 yards?

 

[TheMightyTen]

NFN

to be honest