31-07-2015, 11:01 AM
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Dangerous driving
I was reading in last night's local paper, about a woman who drove 30 miles the wrong way down the A14.!!!This was in the dark, very early one morning last January.
How on earth can you drive that far without noticing something's was wrong? How could she go that distance without either killing herself or someone else? I find that quite staggering to believe.
The police attempted to slow traffic in the lane she was travelling in, and turned on their emergency lights, but she drove straight past them as well.
When they caught her in the end, she told police she had been following her Sat-Nav!!
31-07-2015, 11:28 AM
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Those sat navs can be a liability.Wasnt there someone once that went up the side of a cliff in their car because they were "only" following their sat nav..
It beggars belief how you wouldnt stop when you see police with emergency lights on.
She should have to re take her test or have some sort of "extra" training.
31-07-2015, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Aysa
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Those sat navs can be a liability.Wasnt there someone once that went up the side of a cliff in their car because they were "only" following their sat nav..
It beggars belief how you wouldnt stop when you see police with emergency lights on.
She should have to re take her test or have some sort of "extra" training.
31-07-2015, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
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There was a case (in Germany) when a couple drove off the end of a ferry ramp into a river because the sat nav did not tell them to wait for the ferry
Oh dear oh dear me!!! Perhaps the sat nav should remind users NOT to forget to engage their brain at all times while in use.
31-07-2015, 03:13 PM
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Shouldn't be surprised if there was more to this story though, because when the cops finally pulled her over, she gave a false name at first.She is 26 and was apparently driving her parents to the airport.
She has got a 2 year ban now, so that might give her time to sort herself out!
31-07-2015, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
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There was a case (in Germany) when a couple drove off the end of a ferry ramp into a river because the sat nav did not tell them to wait for the ferry
31-07-2015, 07:01 PM
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Re: Dangerous driving
My husband used to be a lorry driver and spent 25 year on nights. One night going along the motor way there was a car coming towards him, so he sort of slowed down and edged them onto the side of the road. The Police were there in no time. Two old ladies in the car, saying "this driver edged us off the road". The Policeman smiled at my husband then said to the two ladies, "ladies, this lorry driver has just saved your life".
31-07-2015, 11:55 PM
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I have been driving for 47 years and have never had so much as a speeding ticket or points on my license.Yes, I make mistakes but never to that extent! That's just appalling!
People like that should be taken off the road, if not for others safety but for THEIR OWN.
It makes me laugh that we are clamping down so much on drink driving and yet sober drivers can still be on the road when they obviously haven't a clue on how to drive.
I could drink half a bottle of whisky and still be safer than half the drivers on the road these days!
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