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Tom Tom Sat Nav Leads to Near Death
A South Yorkshire delivery driver narrowly escaped a very nasty accident when he followed sat nave instructions that led him to the edge of a cliff.
Robert Jones from Doncaster was driving home, following an unfamiliar route, after a night out in the Pennines. He continued to follow his sat nav guidance even when it directed him down a steep lane that was clearly not intended for vehicles. It was only when is silver BMW 5 series car hit a fence on the edge of a cliff that he realized there was a problem.
Mr Jones was arrested and charged with driving without due care and attention. Mr Jones tried to blame his sat nav but was convicted, fined £370 plus costs of £500 as well as receiving 6 points on his license.After the court case he said that he was continuing to use his sat nav and that it had never let him down before.
The popularity and reliance on sat nav systems has been blamed for causing many accidents in the UK. Earlier this year a young man was banned from driving for 20 months after following sat nav instructions that led him onto a railway line in Goole.
A similar thing happened to a driver in Sussex who avoided prosecution after driving onto a railway line. She had tried to make her Vauxhall contract hire company responsible as she said that they had set up her sat nav system.
Drivers have been reminded that they are responsible for their sat nav systems, even if they were supplied and fitted by their car lease or car hire company. If sat nav instructions direct you somewhere that is clearly unsuitable it is up to you to ignore the instructions.
Many drivers have admitted performing sudden manoeuvres as a result of instructions from their sat navs and as many as 300,000 accidents are estimated to have been caused by such actions.
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