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IGNORING THE SIGNS There's nothing new about trucks hitting bridges

19th April 2007, Page 34
19th April 2007
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or becoming stuck in narrow streets, but increasingly sat-nay is being blamed. Here area few examples:

• April 2007: A German truck becomes stuck under a railway bridge in Norbiton, Surrey. The driver says he was following sat-nay and didn't see the restriction sign until it was too late.

• February 2007: A driver is sent into a cul-de-sac in Wadebrldge, Cornwall, and causes £50,000 of damage to seven cars and a roundabout in his desperate attempts to extricate his artic.

• November 2006: The village of Exton in Hampshire resorts to putting up signs warring "No wide vehicles. Do not follow sat-ray. Very narrow road" to stop trucks venturing in and becoming stuck, • August 2006: A truck loaded with cheese becomes stuck In a farm track, damaging the roofs of two cottages. The Belgian driver says he was following sat-nay through the village of Drefelin, Carmarthenshi re.

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Locations: Exton, Surrey, Drefelin

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