"Martin" wrote in message
news:al30c4l1r4mmuhn36d95u7mdotuj0di8sv@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:19:33 +0100, Mike Lane wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:54:44 +0100, Martin wrote
>>(in article ):
>>
>>> On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:37:20 -0400, "Bob Fusillo"
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Where we live, there is a route shown by sat navs that leads to a
>>residential
>>> cul-de-sac. Although the local authority have put up a sign in Dutch
>>> warning
>>> truck drivers that they are heading into a trap, for some odd reason non
>>Dutch
>>> speaking east European truckers ignore the sign. Non experts might
>>> wonder why
>>> they don't use
>>> www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl/Images/RVV_UK-versie_tcm195-163061.pdf
>>> sign C7
>>
>>...or they could even contact the mapping companies and point out the
>>error in their maps. It will be either Navteq or Tele Atlas who have
>>the duff mapping and they both have systems for reporting errors.
>
> I think they have.
>
>>
>>The Welsh have even devised an anti-gps road sign for these kind of
>>problems. The problem is no one can understand it:
>>http://tinyurl.com/258wo7
>
> LOL I was expecting it to be in Welsh.
I dunno. Looks OK to me. Drive a stupid truck down our lane and the
Americans will use satellite technology to target you.
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
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