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cabmanuk
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 Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:18 pm Post subject: Wrong Way Again |
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Hi everyone, has anyone also found that the tomtom takes them them ways where you cant turn where it says and tells you to turn where there isnt even a road. I have found this on numerous journeys in and out of london last night while on my way to chingford it told me to turn right into a house  but it also dont give you great confidence in it if you are somewhere and you are relying on it to navigate for you. |
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Andy_P
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Location: West and Southwest London
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| Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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Nope, never had that around London. Had it suggest several illegal turns (No right turns, one way streets, blocked by gates etc. But the only times a road has been missing have been when it has obviously only just been built. Never had it suggest a road that isn't there.
Can you give exact details of where you were told to turn right into a house? |
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Border_Collie
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Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | on my way to chingford it told me to turn right into a house |
You should have done it, they do a nice bacon sarnie and 'cuppa' :P
I haven't been directed into a house yet but I have noticed a few times, usually when the signal has been lost or very low, TT thinks I'm some way back, or on an adjacent road, and will give what appears to be a silly instruction. Once when travelling on a motorway it instructed me to do a u-turn.
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Oldboy
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| Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Lost_Property wrote: | | Once when travelling on a motorway it instructed me to do a u-turn. |
And did you do as instructed by her-who-must-be-obeyed.
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Border_Collie
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Location: Rainham, Kent. England.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | And did you do as instructed by her-who-must-be-obeyed |
No, I decided against hospital food.
Mind you, it does come in handy sometimes having the cursor elsewhere, driving along the Teign Valley on a very hot day once, I noticed we were in the river. It really cooled us down. :P
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jean
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| Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, in the welsh mountains where the signal is weak, we often have a swim in the river on the A5 |
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