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Drivers on Edge over Cliff Route

 
 
Reply Thu 6 Apr, 2006 07:42 am
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Drivers following satellite navigation systems through a village called Crackpot have been directed along a track at the edge of a 100ft cliff.

Cars, minibuses and trucks have taken the steep, twisty road from Swaledale to Wensleydale in North Yorkshire.

When vehicles become stuck, drivers are reversing perilously close to the cliff edge, say worried locals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4879026.stm


Those darned satnav programs... Laughing
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Reply Thu 18 May, 2006 04:08 pm
Ow, some of the rest of that story is funny/cute too:

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Carol Porter, 39, who lives at Summer Lodge Farm, said [..] that she and her husband Steven, 41, who live next to the track, have been helping at least one driver a week.

"When they get grounded on the small boulders, we're having to go up there in the tractor and pull them out," said Mrs Porter.

"If we're outside, we try to stop them, but it's a public right of way so we can't put any signs up saying no entry." [..]

She said: "The drivers are going up and through the gate on to the gravel track.

"You can see it goes from Tarmac to the stones - and it's only just passable with 4x4s.

"But we get a lot of sales reps in posh cars coming and they get so cross.

"We're three miles off the main road and having to turn them back and tell them to take a different road, they're getting really frustrated."

Even an Argos delivery truck had to turn round at Christmas when it was faced with the track, she said.

"It's only a matter of time before something happens - and it's a 100ft drop over the edge." [..]

A county council spokesman said: "We will look at the signing issue and any appropriate action that needs to be taken will be taken."
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