Common Sense - RIP 2007

Bog · 2nd May 2007, 13:42

Common sense has died! (Sat Nav partly to blame!) See here.....

Kremmen · 2nd May 2007, 14:07

There is one born every minute..........

GHGH · 2nd May 2007, 14:32

And when professional truck drivers also loses common sense it's getting serious. There is a mountain track/trail in southern Norway that keeps collecting trucks which are led into it by their SatNav. A quick glance outside the truck or even on a map should have made them worry a lot for a quite a distance. Then they're stuck without any possibility for turning the vehicle and have to be helped down from the mountain. Takes half a day.

All my SatNav maps have had quite a number of bugs, and I regard their directions only as advisory.

Bungle · 2nd May 2007, 16:03

Thay are an aid to navigating only. And a very good one if used properly and the limitations are understood!

andi22b · 2nd May 2007, 18:51

I decided to follow my first satnav for a journey that I already knew the best route for, just to see why it was trying to send me a different way.
I was driving down the hill from Biggin Hill towards Westerham so that I could eventually get on to the M25 clockwise. Half way down the Hill, it wanted me to turn left, so I did; it took down some nice country roads, then tracks, past a farm to a hedge with a gap in it. Guess what was the other side of the gap - the M25. That was an interesting junction.
Once you start using satnavs, you very soon realise the limitations, and act accordingly by double checking if something seems not quite right.
Despite the weaknesses I wouldn't be without one.

Topcat · 2nd May 2007, 19:29

It isn't just sat nav that ended common sense, seems to me that it died a long long time ago!!

Foggy69 · 2nd May 2007, 21:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by andi22b

I was driving down the hill from Biggin Hill towards Westerham so that I could eventually get on to the M25 clockwise. Half way down the Hill, it wanted me to turn left, so I did; it took down some nice country roads, then tracks, past a farm to a hedge with a gap in it. Guess what was the other side of the gap - the M25. That was an interesting junction.

I presume that it was either an older Honda disk or another satnav system.
The 2006 disk luckily doesn't have this 'feature' as it would probably want to send me this way onto the M25

andi22b · 2nd May 2007, 21:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foggy69

I presume that it was either an older Honda disk or another satnav system.
The 2006 disk luckily doesn't have this 'feature' as it would probably want to send me this way onto the M25

This was an old Blaupunkt, not Honda/Alpine system, which was generally superb.
It was just an early lesson in satnav quirks.

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GHGH Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 13th March 2007 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 933 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	And when professional truck drivers also loses common sense it's getting serious. There is a mountain track/trail in southern Norway that keeps collecting trucks which are led into it by their SatNav. A quick glance outside the truck or even on a map should have made them worry a lot for a quite a distance. Then they're stuck without any possibility for turning the vehicle and have to be helped down from the mountain. Takes half a day. All my SatNav maps have had quite a number of bugs, and I regard their directions only as advisory.

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andi22b Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 2nd September 2006 Location: Banstead Posts: 62 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I decided to follow my first satnav for a journey that I already knew the best route for, just to see why it was trying to send me a different way. I was driving down the hill from Biggin Hill towards Westerham so that I could eventually get on to the M25 clockwise. Half way down the Hill, it wanted me to turn left, so I did; it took down some nice country roads, then tracks, past a farm to a hedge with a gap in it. Guess what was the other side of the gap - the M25. That was an interesting junction. Once you start using satnavs, you very soon realise the limitations, and act accordingly by double checking if something seems not quite right. Despite the weaknesses I wouldn't be without one.

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Topcat Supporter Civinfo guru Join Date: 11th May 2006 Location: Middlesex Posts: 2,739 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	It isn't just sat nav that ended common sense, seems to me that it died a long long time ago!!