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GPS Shortcuts Steer Trucks to English Towns

The ever-rising popularity of global positioning systems has brought a ton of trucks barreling through small English villages. Truck drivers' GPS show the towns' roads as shortcuts. Residents of Wedmore, England, desperately want the trucks to steer clear — because the streets are not wide enough for both the cars and the lorries.

Wayne Hahn of Wedmore talks with Melissa Blocks.

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