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"A 47-year-old man in Germany has crashed his car into roadworks, blaming his satnav for instructing him to do so.  The incident happened after the man turned onto a road in Schmiedefeld, Thuringia in east Germany. He ignored repeated signs warning him of the works taking place ahead, reports The Local. A police spokesperson stated: &amp;quot;He just drove into the site. He said he was looking at his satnav.&amp;quot; The driver caused substantial damage to both his car and the site. The car is likely to be scrapped and he is expected to be asked to pay for the damage he caused. Insurance companies will most likely label the crash a result of negligence.  The incident comes a few months after a university report suggested that using satellite navigation systems can &amp;#039;impair driving&amp;#039; and distract drivers from what is happening around them. According to BBC News, the study - undertaken at the University of London&amp;#039;s Royal Holloway College - found that although drivers could follow basic instructions, more complex commands led to motorists swerving or failing to notice pedestrians. &amp;gt; Newlyweds led up mountain by satnav &amp;gt; Couple 650km off course after GPS typo "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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