Directionally challenged?!

VNU has written up a brilliant story from DirectLine. This hit close to home with me as this weekend I was on a road trip down to Dorset for my friend Lisa's hen party. I have to say the SatNav we used was pretty questionable with its directions; it was unclear about turnings, took us through a pedestrianised area in the centre of a town (an old man shook his walking stick at us - it was quite scary) and in the middle of a country lane told us with glee that we had "reached your destination". Luckily I was able to phone the place we were staying - a random farm house spa - to get directions while Laura drove us to the door.

Having asked around the office we've had a fair few incidents involving SatNav's and one way streets, and one of my colleagues was told to turn around…while on the M1. Don't worry - she didn't.

We do tend to rely on technology more than ever before to get us from one place to another, I use Journey Planner every time I'm looking to get across London. However, there is no need to lose our heads and ignore the signs around us and forget the rules of the road just because some man with a faux American accents it yelling "turn left" at us in a street where turning left leads you into a river.