Ext User(veritas)
14-03-2007, 01:53 PM
*No charges for sat nav woman*
By ONLINE REPORTER
March 08, 2007
A WOMAN who drove on to a railway line after following directions from her satellite navigation
system will not face prosecution.
The 52-year-old, from Dorking, Surrey, was waiting at a level crossing at Norman’s Bay, near
Eastbourne, East Sussex, on January 16 when the device told her to turn left.
She drove her silver Ford Fiesta on to the track at 7.30pm, blocking train services between
Brighton and Hastings.
The unnamed woman was investigated for obstructing the railway and driving without due care, but
police decided that pursuing a case against her would not be in the public interest.
Pc Christine Holyoake, from Brighton British Transport Police, said: “We have looked into the
matter, including inquiries into any fault with the sat-nav device and have come to the
conclusion that there was no fault and that taking into consideration that it was dark when the
incident occurred, that the woman had made a bad but honest mistake.
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By ONLINE REPORTER
March 08, 2007
A WOMAN who drove on to a railway line after following directions from her satellite navigation
system will not face prosecution.
The 52-year-old, from Dorking, Surrey, was waiting at a level crossing at Norman’s Bay, near
Eastbourne, East Sussex, on January 16 when the device told her to turn left.
She drove her silver Ford Fiesta on to the track at 7.30pm, blocking train services between
Brighton and Hastings.
The unnamed woman was investigated for obstructing the railway and driving without due care, but
police decided that pursuing a case against her would not be in the public interest.
Pc Christine Holyoake, from Brighton British Transport Police, said: “We have looked into the
matter, including inquiries into any fault with the sat-nav device and have come to the
conclusion that there was no fault and that taking into consideration that it was dark when the
incident occurred, that the woman had made a bad but honest mistake.
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READ CAREFULLY. By reading this article, you agree solely, and/or on behalf of your employer, to
release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements,
licenses, terms-of-service, shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure,
non-compete and acceptable use policies ("BOGUS AGREEMENTS") that I have entered into with your
employer, its partners, licensors, agents and assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my
ongoing rights and privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release me
from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of yourself and/or your employer.