Minister: 'satnav summit' could ease road pressures

Norman Baker has called a 'satnav summit' to tackle the chaos caused by out-of-date devices misdirecting traffic on local roads.

Local transport minister Norman Baker has called a 'satnav summit' to tackle the chaos caused by out-of-date devices misdirecting traffic on local roads.

The move follows an announcement by the Department for Transport to hand greater powers to local authorities to decide which routes can be used as through roads.

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