[OSM-talk] Another argument for Open Street Data ?

[Patrick Weber]

Maybe with OSM data this would have been fixed long ago? I wonder how it 
takes for changes in TeleAtlas/Navteq Data to travel down to the end user ?

Village crashes blamed on sat nav
* Villagers in Carmarthenshire say they fear restoration work is being 
damaged by drivers using satellite navigation. *

Residents in Llangadog said trucks and lorries were smashing into 
buildings that have already had thousands of pounds spent on them.

One property, once thought to have been a toll house, has been hit three 
times.

The Townscape Heritage Initiative, which oversees the restoration work, 
said there was growing concern over the rise in traffic through the 
village.

Around £1.5m is being spent restoring landmark properties in Llangadog 
and Llandovery.

The Townscape officer for Carmarthenshire Council, Roger Morgan, said 
Llangadog residents were convinced that satellite navigation was to 
blame for the damage.

"It's a very small narrow road and these large lorries are coming 
through the village and causing problems for everyone," he said.

An office used by an architectural consultant in the village has taken 
the brunt of the damage.

"Since the lime rendering has been applied to the front of the building 
it has been damaged at least three times," said Mr Morgan.

* 'Mounting concern' *

In August, the Vale of Glamorgan council became so concerned over 
lorries being sent along narrow roads near St Hilary it began trials of 
a sign warning drivers to ignore sat-nav directions.

In the same month, a Polish lorry driver became trapped for three hours 
at Ty Croes in Carmarthenshire after following sat-nav directions.

Roger Morgan said there was "mounting concern" in Llangadog at the 
number of heavy vehicles using routes to cross from the Black Mountain 
in the Brecon Beacons through the Llangadog area.

"There has been a tremendous increase in traffic and there's no reason 
for it to come over the Black Mountain unless they have been directed 
that way," he said.

"I think the thing is to stop them coming over the mountain by telling 
them not to use the route from a sat-nav point of view."

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/7088105.stm

Published: 2007/11/11 10:24:14 GMT