Is you sat-nav taking you the right way?

An Iranian immigrant kept following his SatNav’s instructions, despite it telling him to drive along a railway line.
Satlegh Mohammedi, 42, was nearly double the drink-drive limit and claimed he was looking for work when he took a wrong turn at a level crossing in his Ford Fiesta.He then drove 20ft along the tracks of the Doncaster to Hull line.Shocked Network Rail workers alerted the police, who found a puzzled Mohammedi standing by his car on the tracks in Goole.Prosecutor Teresa Slater told Goole magistrates: “He told the officers that it was his SatNav that told him to turn right.”Mrs Slater said that after Mohammedi was arrested, he told police: “Driving on the railway lines was an error.“I had listened to the instructions of my SatNav system.”

He told the officers that it was his SatNav that told him to turn right

Prosecutor Teresa Slater
Mohammedi, who receives Jobseeker’s Allowance, had travelled from his home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, to try to find work in Goole when he ended up on the railway just after midnight.Tests then showed he was almost double the drink-drive limit.Mohammedi admitted endangering life on the railway and drink-driving on February 10.Mrs Slater said the Fiesta was stopped 20ft away from a level crossing on the line.Officers arrested Mohammedi and formed the opinion that he was drunk. He claimed he had drunk two cans of beer two hours previously.

Looking for a job in a prison, was he?