Sat-navs cause £10 million damage
More than £10 million worth of damage is caused in the UK each year by drivers who follow their sat-nav down inappropriate roads by, it has been claimed.Drivers are failing to pay attention to road sign and warnings and blindly trusting their GPS systems, often meaning they end-up on roads with weight restrictions - or wedged under low bridges.
Network Rail say 2,000 of their bridges were hit by lorries in 2007, causing 5,000 hours of delays to UK trains, all because the drivers were following what their satellite navigation system told them.
PJ Taylor, from Network Rail, said in the last few years the number of vehicles hitting bridges had increased sharply.
“Sat-navs are a great tool but they are not an alternative for keeping your wits about you and obeying the rules of the road,” he said.
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“Sat-navs are a great tool but they are not an alternative for keeping your wits about you and obeying the rules of the road,” he said.
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