Lorry stuck for hour
PENZANCE police were called to the aid of a lorry that had become wedged between a building and wall.
Officers believe the driver had been following his GPS when he got stuck after turning on to South Place Folly in Penzance from Cornwall Terrace.
PCSO Mark Richards, was called to the incident at 3.30pm last Tuesday. "At some point along the route he had got himself wedged against a partly built porch of a new-build property in the road," he said.
"It was suggested at the time that the driver was following instructions from his GPS."
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The lorry, believed to be registered in Radstock, Somerset, remained stuck for more than an hour before the driver, his crew mate and the owner of the property were able to free it.
No one was injured in the incident although there was some structural damage to the porch.
Comments
by TheodoreV
Monday, October 01 2012, 9:56PM
“"Big_Ger" I saw you had replied to a comment I made about a story elsewhere but when I tried to access it, the comments section had been totally blanked, so I was unable. My apologies.”
by TheodoreV
Sunday, September 30 2012, 3:21PM
“The lane is very narrow. To get through he had to mount the kerb and he obviously overlooked the effect this would have on the vertical line of his van and its horizontal width. And they say Euclid is old hat.”
by josdave
Saturday, September 29 2012, 11:32AM
“It's going to get worse if you read what a mess Apple made of their maps. A non existent airport in the middle of Dublin amongst many others. Good old paper maps are the answer as long as they are up to date.”
by Big_Ger
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:52PM
“This reliance on GPS rather than good driving skills is becoming more common and more of these incidents are happening.,
Hint to such drivers, your GPS tells you the way, not the width.”
by Big_Ger
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:52PM
“This reliance on GPS rather than good driving skills is becoming more common and more of these incidents are happening.,
Hint to such drivers, your GPS tells you the way, not the width.”
by trevl
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:01PM
“should have gone to Specsavers!!!”
by PaddyTrembath
Friday, September 28 2012, 6:49PM
“Beachcomber01 wrote:-
"Surely some common sense should have prevailed here."
Well he did have the common sense to stop.............................eventually.”
by Beachcomber01
Friday, September 28 2012, 5:28PM
“Surely some common sense should have prevailed here.”