Drivers following electronic mapping systems will go as far as to remove road closed signs and drive into floodwaters on one Forbes shire road.
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Pinnacle Road was a hot topic at a recent council meeting, with councillors raising concerns that drivers from outside the area were using it as a through-road.
Roc Walshaw from Forbes SES confirmed the volunteer emergency service has had to rescue drivers whose vehicles have become stuck in the water that runs off the hills and across Pinnacle Road in patches.
In March, the water was flowing fast enough to push a rental vehicle off the road, and the SES had to come to the aid of the stranded driver.
Walshaw understood the driver was following the directions of his GPS, which didn't register local council road closures.
Mayor Phyllis Miller told councillors it was a common issue.
"When you put it in from Wagga Wagga to Dubbo it tells you that you'll get five minutes quicker," she said.
"This is taking someone off a federal highway (the Newell) and taking them down Pinnacle and it's impassable.
"We had "road closed" and people moved the road closed sign.
"We need to do something about it."
The Advocate did plug the two towns into a mapping system online, and it also provided us with the fastest route along the Olympic Highway, and Goldfields Way, eventually to the Bimbi-Quandialla Road, Driftway Road, along Pinnacle Road and Warroo Road before connecting back to the Newell Highway at Forbes.
Mayor Miller said the council was investigating additional signage for the roads.
"Common sense sometimes doesn't prevail in these circumstances," she said.
"When a sign says closed it means it is closed!
"We are looking to include additional signs which state 'passing this sign is illegal which will void your insurance / warranty' and see if that makes people realise the importance of this signage."