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A New Modern Horror, 'The Curse of SatNav' strikes a small rural village in England

Sponge Bob · 2006-03-08 14:07:38

Story on the Reg Satnav Menaces Somerset Village Basically the satnav 'suggests' an alternative route which is then followed by 10,000 vehicles a day. If I wanted to buy an overpriced house in a small village near Dublin (albeit in a few years time) I could maybe 'condition' the market by engaging well in advance with…

08-03-2006 2:07pm

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Story on the Reg

Satnav Menaces Somerset Village

Basically the satnav 'suggests' an alternative route which is then followed by 10,000 vehicles a day. If I wanted to buy an overpriced house in a small village near Dublin (albeit in a few years time) I could maybe 'condition' the market by engaging well in advance with TomTom or Garmin to helpfully 'suggest' an alternative route to ...say ...the M1

By the time they release the 2008 version the price of property should reflect what I am actually prepared to pay for it .

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