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Satnav systems blamed for rise in lorries through A road villages

16 November 2006
 

The Government can do little to stop satellite navigation systems instructing lorry drivers to use A roads through environmentally sensitive areas, transport minister Stephen Ladyman has admitted.

Ladyman was speaking during a House of Commons debate about satellite navigation sponsored by Tom Levitt, the MP for High Peak. Levitt blamed satnav systems for increasing the number of heavy goods vehicles passing through villages on A roads in his constituency. David Heath, MP for Somerton and...

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