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Default Doorbells - what is it

On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:51:06 +0100
Nightjar wrote:

On 03/07/2012 10:54, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:30:18 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In whill.co.uk,
Dave wrote:
GPS mapping doesn't necessarily work down to front door level
particularly in areas with flats having multiple flats per door
or doors per building.

Or out in the sticks. Our post code plonks you in the middle of a
field 1/2 a mile away. There is no road name to find the house
name (no numbers) along either.

Quite. I used my TomTom to find a caravan site my brother was at -
using the postcode. Tried to take me up the driveway of a
different farm.


My current bugbear is that there is a large college just round the
corner from us, on the main road. But clearly sat navs think the
route is along our cul de sac. It's no so bad the cars turning
outside our house. But the big HGVs really do chew the road up -
when they're not bashing the kerbs. Local councillor suggested a
"No access to college" road sign, but admitted that if they hadn't
read the "Cul de Sac" road sign, then they're not going to read
that. So at least we saved a few quid there.


Most HGV drivers understand 'Not Suitable for Heavy Goods Vehicles'.

Colin Bignell


But some don't, and try anyway.
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Davey.