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Satnav leads taxi into river

You might be forgiven for thinking that we’re not fans of satnav systems here at bdaily Towers. While we don’t have anything against them in princple, we do enjoy it when they cause hilarious mishaps, as in the case of a Norfolk taxi driver who followed his sat-nav system’s directions into a river. The mini-bus driver was on his way to collect a fare in Castle Acre, near King’s Lynn, when he took a wrong turn into the River Nar. He had no passengers aboard, but he did have the embarrassment of having to ring his bosses for help, reports Lynn News.

Streamline Taxis owners Keith Jarvis and Pat Bowles took along a towrope, expecting to find the eight-seater minibus just off the ford.

But Mr Jarvis said: “It took ages to find him and we couldn’t believe it when we saw where he was - it was several hundred yards along the river! The vehicle still had its engine running and headlights on, and he was sitting in it with his trousers rolled up round his knees. I shone a torch in the river and there were fish swimming around the headlights.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .