Can you just imagine SatNav instructions being delivered by the dulcet tones of Brian Blessed? Well, it is not beyond the realms of possibility as a Facebook and internet campaign is underway to make this happen. TomTom, the manufacturers of SatNav systems, has agreed that if 25,000 people join the Facebook campaign, they will make it happen. Mr Blessed is …
SatNav on, brain off
SatNav can be a great asset when driving, but turning on the device doesn’t mean you should turn off your brain. In the latest of a long line of incidents, a Syrian lorry driver started out from Antakya in Eastern Turkey and heading for Gibraltar. He ended up at Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire, some 1,600 kilometres off course. One would …
All Along the B3467
Perennial crooner Bob Dylan, whose last album shot straight to the top of both the UK and US album charts, looks set to become one of the voices on satnav systems. Other eminent GPS voices include Mr T, John Cleese, Kim Catrall, Homer Simpson and Alan Partridge. Wonder why no Katie Price on the list? Probably keep changing her mind.
Driver ends up in a lake
A van driver in Poland, religiously following his SatNav system, ended up submerged in a lake! About three years ago, the road had been so badly damaged through flooding that the authorities turned the area into a small lake. At the time of the ‘incident’, it was a dark night, the driver was more than a little worse for wear …