Another SatNav Blunder?

Once again making the UK news is the chaos being caused to roads and railways in the South East and Outer London area as yet another Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) manages to hit a railway bridge!

It never fails to amaze that despite all bridges which span the roads in the UK having glaring height stickers that HGV’s either hit them or get stuck underneath! One can only assume that the HGV driver was be guided by his/her SatNav along a road with a low bridge. He or she cannot be local or used to travelling along the road or they would know that there is insufficient height, or am I just being a bit naïve here? Do HGV drivers somehow think their lorry is going to become lower just so that they can squeeze underneath on a particular given day!

Road and rail passengers will face yet another day of disruption to the start their schedules. Let’s just hope that the HGV insurance covers such incidents, the cost of structural repair to the bridge has the possibility of running into thousands of pounds, as specialist engineers will carry out surveys to ensure safe rail travel and the stability of the bridge.

All in all, if it is yet another SatNav problem then surely the HGV drivers really ought to look and take notice of the signs, after all they are put there for a reason, which is of course to prevent incidents such as these occurring, before SatNavs the signs were they only way the drivers would be able to tell if the road was suitable or not! Maybe the drivers are relying far to heavily on their SatNavs rather than intuition and common sense!

Satellite Navigation Mishaps

Well the Sat Nav Disaster has just had another victim. I was due to be at the chancellor’s function this afternoon. I had already made all kinds of necessary arrangements, as this could well mean a day of high importance in my small political career – and then what happens; almost like a unfailing ritual, the Satellite Navigation system makes me lose my way. I write this to all of you in sheer frustration sitting 122 miles to the south of where I should have been. Bye bye dreams, bye bye Leicester!

I can imagine how courier drivers get so frustrated at simple things like modern technology (apparently designed to make our lives easier) end up making things more difficult for them.

Courier vans are fraught with uncertainties, or so I have found out (at my expense) many times. This time the cost was even greater, another courier insurance claim; it involved my son. The Sat Nav Disaster that we so often fear in our hearts happened to him. The satellite navigation system failed – yet again. My son was due for an art exhibition in Northampton and the Sat Nav sent him some 112 miles to the west to a tiny hamlet. This also reminds me of a freak Sat Nav incidence in the past, when the box stuck to my dashboard sent us astray.

Insurance Fixes Damage not Life

HGV Insurance covers HGV’s (Heavy Goods Vehicle) against any case of damage in an accident. However after claiming insurance, the damages may be fixed, but still the biggest issue of concern is life. There has been a constant rise in the number of road accidents. The reasons vary from technical faults to human error. Like the case of White Van Man Accidents and SatNav Disasters. Considering the truthfulness of the quote “Prevention is better than Cure”, major steps are required to be taken.

White Van Man is a pejorative term used for the drivers of HGV’s who are aggressive, have poor road manners and generally drive very fast. They are often seen taking turns without giving any signals, or overtaking another vehicle involving high risks.

A SatNav system is a device that gives the driver directions while driving to reach his destination. People often end up only finding trouble after they blindly follow their SatNav system device. Like the case of a bus ending up down a narrow lane and across three fields after the driver blindly followed the device – even after being warned by several locals. To prevent such incidents, drivers should use their common sense as well as follow signs while using such devices.