Sat-navs and maps lead truck drivers astray in Kerry

Drivers of heavy goods vehicles are “going astray” when maps and satellite navigational systems direct them through tunnels and bog roads in south Kerry.

A recent meeting of Kerry County Council heard that the N71 between Killarney and Kenmare — a narrow and winding road with a tunnel — should give way on maps and satellite navigation systems to the regional R569 via Kilgarvan — a wider and straighter road of superior surface, and more suitable for HGVs.

Both the Ordnance Survey of Ireland and satellite navigational companies are now being asked to take account of the anomaly on the N71 as a matter of urgency.