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Tom Tom Sat Nav Leads to Clifftop
A car delivery driver from South Yorkshire narrowly avoided serious injury when he slavishly followed his Tom Tom sat nav instructions, leading him to the edge of a 100ft drop.
Robert Jones was following an unfamiliar route home after a night out in the Pennines. He foolishly followed the instructions provided by his sat nav device even when they directed him down a lane that was clearly unsuitable for motor 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.
Jones was charged with driving without due care and attention. Mr Jones denied the charge saying that he was simply following the instructions provided by his Tom Tom, but he was convicted and fined £370 plus £500 in cost 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.
Drivers over-reliance on sat nav systems has been blamed for causing numerous accidents on Britains roads. Earlier in 2009 a young man was guided by his sat nav onto a railway line in Goole which led to him being banned from driving for 20 months.
A similar thing happened to a driver in Sussex who avoided prosecution after driving onto a railway line. She had tried to make her Toyota 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.
Around 1.5 million drivers have admitted they have performed sudden manoeufres due to instructions from their sat nav devices and there have been 300,000 accidents attributed to sat navs.
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