There are several interesting and creepy elements to this story.

Trowbridge driver lost for three days
Gatwick Airport in the snow Gatwick Airport is about 124 miles from Trowbridge

BBC News - Trowbridge driver lost for three days

A Wiltshire grandfather spent three days trying to find his way home from Gatwick Airport after becoming disorientated in snowy conditions.

Moroccan-born Mohammed Bellazrak's family reported him missing after he failed to return to Trowbridge after dropping his wife off for a flight.

Police in Oxfordshire eventually flagged down the 72-year-old after his car triggered a camera in Oxford.

They found he had spent from 23 - 25 December driving, trying to get back.

Analysis from number-plate recognition systems showed he had driven around various towns in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire and on the M4.

Mr Bellazrak had no mobile phone with him, and he told newspaper reporters that his sat-nav was not working.

Thames Valley Police took him to Oxford police station after he was stopped in Abingdon Road in the city at 2pm on Christmas Day, and after a rest, relatives took him home. He was unharmed by the ordeal.

A police spokesman told the BBC it was "nice the story had a happy ending".
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A) Never thought to ask anyone for help for three days? Well being male and all that makes sense I suppose.
B) I know navigating around in England is tough enough without the snow, but a Sat Nav system?!?
C) "Number plate recognition" good enough to follow him around for three days!?!

Nice security state you got there

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I'd say most people in the UK have a satnav. Aren't they popular in Canada? I know they're less prevalent in France than in the UK, but the Chinese love them. I think it varies by country.

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I'd say most people in the UK have a satnav. Aren't they popular in Canada?

I would say most people do not have them. They are still considered "interesting gadgets". Of course when you can get to pretty much anywhere by driving on the same road for miles in a straight line they aren't that useful

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"Patriotism means being loyal to your country all the time and to its government when it deserves it."-- Mark Twain

"Inter arma silent Musae"--when the weapons speak, the muses fall silent.

An't nanum hearm deth, doth hwaet ye willath.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished
unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. -Voltaire

Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.36