[OSM-talk] Sat Nav idiocy in Todmorden

[ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen]

The best part of the article is:

He has been summonsed to court for driving without due care and attention.

Looks like the enforcement officers were hired by Mr Bean !!
Or Kafka.

Who's the fool in this story ?

Makes me remember when I had to abandon a 1 inch pocket knife
when flying to London, followed by a full physical visit by a 
hypercharged safety officer.



Gert Gremmen
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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] Namens Maarten Deen
Verzonden: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:56 AM
Aan: talk at openstreetmap.org
Onderwerp: Re: [OSM-talk] Sat Nav idiocy in Todmorden

David Ebling wrote:
>
> I think a lot of you probably saw this news story:
>  
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7962212.stm

Yes. And rightly so that someone driving like that is charged.
  
> I thought people might be interested to see the location on Multimap, which
> has some nice "bird's eye" photos too.
>  
> http://www.multimap.com/s/10OO0OsQ

I guess this is where it all happened:
<http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&ie=UTF8&ll=53.704439,-2.109332&spn=0.000646,0.001577&t=k&z=19>
and that the driver entered the road from the north. How far out does one have
to be to continue on that road, judging from the satellite photos. Especially
if he "works as a driver" and presumably spends quite some time on the road.

Regards,
Maarten


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