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Not all GPS helps

3 Aug 2010 by Andy Aspden     
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An Australian family ran into trouble last week after ignoring warning signs and keeping faith in their GPS which led to them being stranded in their ute, Australian for utility vehicle, for 3 nights in the outback of New South Wales. The family of four, including 2 teenage boys and their dog, had been travelling [...]

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Driver almost loses job after satnav error

27 Oct 2009 by David Jackson     
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Users of car hire in Birmingham may want to avoid relying solely on satnavs after a West Midlands Ambulance driver got into trouble for doing so. Avtar Suniara, who works for Birmingham City Hospital, almost lost his job after being stopped by police driving the wrong way up a one-way road in his own car [...]

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Sat nav boost for car hire users

5 Oct 2009 by Sixt rent a car News     
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New technology launched by the European Commission and European Space Agency could make sat nav systems as much as five times more accurate, car hire in London users may be pleased to hear. Users of car hire in London relying on a sat nav to get them from landmark to landmark may be in luck, [...]

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Prehistoric Brits ‘used primitive sat nav’

17 Sep 2009 by David Jackson     
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Prehistoric Britons may have found their way around England and Wales by using a complex network of hilltop signs, with an historian suggesting that this was their alternative to sat navs. Stone Age Brits may not have had the sat nav systems available to today’s London car hire users, but they had their own way [...]

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Sat Nav Nightmare – Don’t Get Caught Out!

29 Jul 2009 by David Jackson     
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If you’re renting a car during your holiday this summer it’s certainly worth paying a little extra for a satellite navigation system, especially if you aren’t familiar with the area. However even with the assistance of modern technology it’s still possible to get lost as a couple from Sweden recently found out when they attempted to [...]

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