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Crackpot satnav route leads to 100ft cliff
North Yorkshire road of death
By Lester Haines
Published Wednesday 5th April 2006 12:31 GMT
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Locals in a North Yorkshire village are demanding that satnav companies remove from their databases a rural track recommended by in-car systems as a
plausible route from Swaledale to Wensleydale, the BBC reports.
The problem is, the road is unsurfaced and runs alongside a 100ft cliff over which, the concerned villagers reckon, someone will eventually plummet.
Carol Porter and hubby Steven, who live beside the carriageway of potential death, have been using their tractor to extricate bogged-down vehicles at
the rate of one a week. More seriously, some drivers who are unable to progress attempt a reversing manoeuvre "perilously close to the cliff
edge".
Porter told the BBC: "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.
"It's only a matter of time before something happens - and it's a 100ft drop over the edge. We want this sorting out before something
terrible happens."
The name of the village in question is, readers will be delighted to learn, Crackpot. The Beeb rather nicely adds that Trafficmaster, "said it
had removed the Crackpot route from its mapping database after tests on Wednesday morning".
The parish council is, meanwhile, looking into the matter of suitable warning signage. ®
"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.
Serves them right, I'd charge the idiots.
BBC Story here
Huh They are Sales Reps... What do you expect... They can only see the next bonus on the next sale... nothing else
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Originally posted by wilkingj
Huh They are Sales Reps... What do you expect... They can only see the next bonus on the next sale... nothing else