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Crackpot drivers head for cliff fall(Evening Times Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)DRIVERS using a satellite navigation systems to get to a village called Crackpot are being directed to the top of a 100ft cliff. The glitch means drivers are being sent along a gravel track on the edge of a sheer cliff edge. Cars, minibuses and even lorries have taken the steep, twisty road used by walkers and sightseers travelling from Swaledale to Wensleydale in North Yorkshire. But it is described by locals as "just about passable with a 4x4". The track runs past Steven Porter's farm. He said: "Drivers get stuck up the track and it's only a matter of time before someone goes over the edge - and it's a 100ft drop. A spokesman for Trafficmaster sat-nav system said: "We try to make sure our system doesn't send people down smaller routes." |