Should one follow the sat-nav’s instructions or ignore it? What does one do any way? This question in well worth a debate in the present times. While many of us cannot drive without the sweet voice echoing inside our car, the same voice has led quite a lot of drivers into trouble. Lorry drivers to be more precise often find themselves lead into narrow lanes by their satellite navigation systems. Roads unsuitable to articulated vehicles are discerned way too late, for till the very last unwieldy moment, the drivers are busy following the instructions from their sat-navs.

Lakes Parish Council has now decided to put an end to this menace by erecting signboards along the Red Bank Road which is known to be unsuitable for articulated vehicles. Only recently, a Romanian lorry driver said that his sat nav led him in to a single track lane, which on reversing got stuck in a ditch near National Trust property Deerbolt Cottage. It took 4 police officers, 2 highway officers, a recovery vehicle and a translator to clear the tangle. This was the third such incident in 18 months along the same road.

Hence Lakes Parish is urging the Cumbria County Council to install warning signs along the hazardous roads. Signs such as ‘Do Not Follow Sat Nav’ along the roads leading to Red Bank and a pictorial one in front of the Grasmere garden centre car park area are expected to be installed as soon as the required funds and permits are materialised.

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