The sat nav did not “send the driver down a narrow road this morning” – the driver made the decision to drive down St Mary’s Street. The driver is accountable for his driving.

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St Mary’s Street is also designated as the A5191. If you’re in unfamiliar territory, using a paper map to navigate, wouldn’t you choose the A roads as a safe option?

It’s too easy to jump on the bandwagon and automatically blame the satnav.

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i do hope the bill for repairs will find its way to the sat nav company

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“It was the Sat Nav, honest!” Lorry drivers, please take note:

1) Stop using Sat Nav systems designed for car drivers.

2) YOU cause the crash, NOT the Sat Nav. (What did it do? Suddenly rear up and bump your arm?)

3) If a road suddenly looks too narrow for your vehicle -then it IS too narrow! Stop and call for help. Don’t carry on until you get stuck in a ditch or wreck an historic monument.

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Jake – yes St Mary’s Street is the A5191. This lorry was turning off that road onto St Mary’s Place… which is little more than a lane.

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THEIRS DRIVER’S AND THEIRS DRIVER’S SHREWSBURY EASY TO GET ROUND WITH AN ARTIC I KNOW DONE THAT BEEN THERE

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Dont trust sat navs at all., took my daugther wrong direction a couple o months back in Kidderminster, and thats not all a Chec truck driver was on the A53 last saturday coming through loggerheads nr market drayton and he turned into a residentail estate, my quick thinking daughter stopped him as he turned his huge truck, he reversed back onto the a53, and then proceeded to drive on the wrong side of the road for a least 500 yds! the foriegn drivers need to learn how to drive on our roads before more people are killed, never mind destroyed walls.

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Linda Mitchell

do UK drivers need to learn to drive in other countries before doing so?

if not why do you believe that a foreigner needs to learn to drive on UK roads? Oh yes, it’s because he’s a foreigner.

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