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Satellite Navigation a Real Crackpot!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the asking-for-directions dept.

debest writes "What happens when your satellite navigation system in your car gives you bad advice on which road you should take? In Britain, these systems have been directing drivers down a road near the (aptly named) town of Crackpot that is strewn with boulders and has an unprotected 100ft dropoff on one side! The locals are worried someone's going to go off the edge."

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  1. They really have 2 options: by temojen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1) Put up a sign reading "Don't go down this road, even if your GPS tells you to; Dangerous conditions ahead".

    2) Stabilize the slope above and install a guard rail.

  2. Too obvious to be a solution by PacoHernandez · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is there a reason that they haven't put a railing on the "unprotected 100ft dropoff" edge?