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   On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 12:13:38 +0200, "Carlos E.R."   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2016-09-25 11:52, Chris in Makati wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:24:47 +0200, "Carlos E.R."   
   >   
   >   
   >>> That's very unfortunate. These apps do not take into account the quality   
   >>> of the roads and the size/weight of the vehicle. You can learn of the   
   >>> accidents they cause in the TV some times.   
   >>>   
   >>> This summer a big lorry got stuck like a cork in a narrow street in a   
   >>> village. Had to be extracted by a rescue truck pulling at 90° the rear   
   >>> part. The lorry had been looking for a gas station that in fact was out   
   >>> of service for years, near the highway but not that near. Chap lost a   
   >>> day and expenses.   
   >>   
   >> The driver should have been professional enough to know that the   
   >> vehicle he was driving was unsuitable to be driven on that road.   
   >   
   >How would he know? He came from another country with the truck and load.   
   >And here not every road is signalled for length or tonnage.   
   >By the time he knew he couldn't reverse. You can not reverse one of   
   >those things more than a few metres anyway.   
      
   People have been driving large trucks around for decades. How did they   
   manage before the days of sat-nav devices?   
      
   These things are aids to drivers, not something to blindly depend on   
   without giving any thought to what you are actually doing and applying   
   a bit of common sense.   
      
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