Craig 6700 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Drivers following satellite navigation systems through a village called Crackpot have been directed along a track at the edge of a 100ft cliff. Cars, minibuses and trucks have taken the steep, twisty road from Swaledale to Wensleydale in North Yorkshire. When vehicles become stuck, drivers are reversing perilously close to the cliff edge, say worried locals. Carol Porter, 39, who lives at Summer Lodge Farm, said: "We want this sorting out before something terrible happens." She said that she and her husband Steven, 41, who live next to the track, have been helping at least one driver a week. "When they get grounded on the small boulders, we're having to go up there in the tractor and pull them out," said Mrs Porter. "If we're outside, we try to stop them, but it's a public right of way so we can't put any signs up saying no entry." The couple want to see the track removed from the route recommended by satellite navigation systems for travelling between Swaledale and Wensleydale. She said: "The drivers are going up and through the gate on to the gravel track. "You can see it goes from Tarmac to the stones - and it's only just passable with 4x4s. "But we get a lot of sales reps in posh cars coming and they get so cross. "We're three miles off the main road and having to turn them back and tell them to take a different road, they're getting really frustrated." Even an Argos delivery truck had to turn round at Christmas when it was faced with the track, she said. "It's only a matter of time before something happens - and it's a 100ft drop over the edge." Database change Grinton Parish Council has now asked North Yorkshire County Council to look into the problem and see if safety signs can be erected. A county council spokesman said: "We will look at the signing issue and any appropriate action that needs to be taken will be taken." A spokesman for Trafficmaster which makes the Smartnav system, said it had removed the Crackpot route from its mapping database after tests on Wednesday morning. "The tests showed that if you keyed in Crackpot as a destination then you would be sent along this route so we have changed it today," a spokeswoman said. At least one car a week?? Why the hell haven't they put a big sign up saying "pay no attention to your sat-nav, you WILL get stuck!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15742 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 At least one car a week?? Why the hell haven't they put a big sign up saying "pay no attention to your sat-nav, you WILL get stuck!" 115438[/snapback] Or "Read a fucking map, you dolt", for that matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 At least one car a week?? Why the hell haven't they put a big sign up saying "pay no attention to your sat-nav, you WILL get stuck!" 115438[/snapback] Or "Read a fucking map, you dolt", for that matter... 115440[/snapback] Exactly. Get a fucking A-Z you flash bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Bollocks to it....they're that flash to have a sat-nav, I'd be stood there waving the fuckers through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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