"Turn around where possible."
You want me to go where? - Chris Richards, left, programmes his satellite navigation system before setting off on his short trip around Colchester. Picture: ADRIAN RUSHTON (47282-2)
Having directed us down bus lanes and the wrong way up one-way streets on a short trip through Colchester, a satellite navigation system finally uttered this plaintive command.
"The machine's thoroughly upset at this point and I think it just wants me to stop," said Chris Richards.
Driving from Colchester North station to Northgate Street, satellite navigation directed us along a bus lane, the wrong way down two one-way streets and mistakenly identified two roads as being one-way.
Mr Richards, who works for the Evening Gazette's publisher Newsquest Essex, said: "Of course, with local knowledge I can override the machine and find my way around, but someone who doesn't know the town could get in to all sorts of bother.
"A colleague came to Colchester from Hammersmith and was directed along bus lanes and one-way streets. He took the bus lane, but realised he was being sent down a one-way street and avoided that."
Some residents in Colchester's Dutch Quarter have blamed satellite navigation systems for the number of large lorries becomng stuck in their narrow streets.
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Published Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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