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1004 GMT (1804 HKT), October 22, 2006

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- A German motorist followed the command "Turn right now!" from his navigation system and crashed into a small toilet hut by the side of the road -- about 30 meters (yards) before the crossing he was meant to take.

The overly obedient 53-year-old from Freiburg drove his sport utility vehicle off the road onto into a building site, up a stairway and into the small toilet shack, police in the eastern town of Rudolstadt said on Sunday.

It caused 2,000 euros ($2,500) worth of damage to the stairway, 100 euros damage to his car, and he was also fined 35 euros.

Earlier this month an 80-year-old motorist also chose to follow his navigation system and ignored a "closed for construction" sign on a Hamburg motorway. He then crashed into a pile of sand but neither he nor his passenger were injured.

there's a B road not far from here (actually, near where Richard Hammond lives, lol) where satnav keeps sending HGVs and coaches. Unfortunately the road's only large enough for a car and there's no way to turn round so they end up being pulled out. and it's a 20% gradient. Satnav - no substitute for common sense (although it would help if some drivers even had that).

While in Spain last week some d/head, using his UK sat nav sytem drove off the road...he said the instructions confused him.

The traffic police said the accident wouldn't have happened if the driver had been sober

He may be staying in Spain for some time