Friday, January 6, 2012
Is there an end in sight for sat-nav misdirection?
It’s not unusual to hear about outrageous sat-nav blunders, and although I don’t use mine too often, there have been a couple of times where I have had to use my common sense and follow road signs rather than the little arrow on the screen.
However, it has been reported that the Government has plans to tackle those misguided drivers who end up in compromising situations due to a technological error. It will be discussing the out-of-date directions at a summit.
According to the Department for Transport, it can sometimes take months for road updates to be delivered to sat-navs from local authorities, and misdirection has been known to land lorries in side streets and cars into swamps.
At last, this may mean the sat-nav problems are finally addressed and sorted out! Mind you, it’s important that drivers are always careful to think about where they are steering rather than blindly relying on advice from their navigation system.
Photo © Tim Green aka atoach via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: directions, lorries, navigation, road signs, sat-nav, summit, vehicles
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posted by Fuse @ 5:07 AM 
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