Avoiding route

A truck driver is now regretting having trusted his satellite navigation system after having been stuck three times in a single day in the same village in Wales. The man was attempting to drive his delivery truck from Bangor to Aberystwyth. However he found the village of Beddgelert in Gwynedd a barrier to his journey, with the truck proving unable to negotiate a narrow bridge. Police managed to escort the red-faced driver and his over-sized vehicle to an alternative route.
February 22, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A truck driver is now regretting having trusted his satellite navigation system after having been stuck three times in a single day in the same village in Wales. The man was attempting to drive his delivery truck from Bangor to Aberystwyth. However he found the village of Beddgelert in Gwynedd a barrier to his journey, with the truck proving unable to negotiate a narrow bridge. Police managed to escort the red-faced driver and his over-sized vehicle to an alternative route.

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