OT sort of. Don't trust the GPS!

Managed to stick a 4x4 Bedford 4 tonner - impressive.

Dave

Looks like operator error to me. The GPS nav unit has no weather data on road conditions and this is where the driver is supposed to use better judgement.

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GPS lists everything that is a "road". Some roads here in the UK are ancient right of ways, meaning that they have possibly existed since Roman times, and have never been paved. Without a map, you are hard pressed even knowing that they are a road, and when they are wet (which is pretty often), they are a mudbath.

Dave

To be really picky, GPS just lists a location. The mapmaker is the one responsible for correctly classifying roads as to their make-up etc. Some offer both topo and map view, others map and satellite. The loose nut behind the wheel is presumed to be paying attention to weather, discrepancies between the map and the reality, etc.

Dave Milne proclaimed:

Very picky, and totally correct :-) I'm amazed anyone would go down a greenlane in a van !

Dave

L> To be really picky, GPS just lists a location. The mapmaker is the one

Especailly when it was wet!

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