A lighter topic, a contender for advert of the year?

[youngmafbog]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...th-yorkshire-20001098

[bazwillrun]

A bit like the sizing of their mens wear, i'm 6' 4 but nothing the missus gets me seems to fit right based on their measurements, fit a 5' 4 more like and it seems M&S have the same problem with their trucks, probably told the driver it would fit.

[bert_h]

I think it's high time that (a) owners of vehicles involved in stupidity like this got slapped with really HUGE damages, (b) insurance companies refused to reimburse them, and (c) the owners can sue the suppliers of the dumb-cluck sat-nav information which was behind the routing blunder.

[bazwillrun]

as to (c) you'll probably find somewhere , buried deep in the TOC theres some sort of clause about using these maps at your own risk blah blah, cant be held responsible blah blah

[ChuckFickens]

You can't blame a sat nav for a drivers stupidity. he should be aware of the height of his vehicle and the gate is clearly signposted with the height limit.

[mccfluff]

you don;t have to follow a sat navs instruction. its the driver at fault.

[anotheoldgit]

"Marks & Splinters" springs to mind.

[bert_h]

Okay, so the driver's at fault, and the substandard sat-nav can hide behind its small print. I still think the insurance companies should refuse to pay out, on the grounds of 100% contributory negligence or something like that.