Sat Nav's

[sabredragon]

Now i'll be the 1st to say that Sat Nav's are here to stay not that i'm a fan of them i'm an old style driver who plans his route before he leaves .
But does anyone else think they are a distraction there on the dash flashing the route up & on some of them talking too you thats bad enough in the day time but myself & Monster Munch were out the other night driving through Nottingham & the lady in front had a one at eye level on the drivers side now we could see it clearly from some distance back so what it was doing to her vision god only knows & she was all over the rd at the last min
So Sat Nav's would you have one ???

[salocius]

Like most things, I think there's a time and a place for them.

My wife bought one a while back because she had to go up to Wigan for work and doesn't like driving motorways on her own when she doesn't know where she's going.

The only time I would use one really is for going into London or any unfamiliar big city centre. The number of times I've driven round London with an A-Z balanced on my lap (why are they always so small?)

I know people that use them all the time and I think it's a shame because I think map reading is an important skill that sat-nav replaces.

I used to work all over the UK before sat-nav was available in today's form and managed perfectly well to navigate the length of the country with a trusty petrol station road atlas. Most of my work then was on construction sites and the only info I was ever given was an address and a faxed, hand-drawn map showing about 1 square mile surrounding the site and that was it!!

[madcat]

Wigan - that's where we are!

I wouldnt get one, like SabreDragon I prefer to plan my route before with the UK road map book.. I do often drive with an Autoroute plan in my hand though, which isn't really very safe.

I wouldnt buy a sat nav though as I think they are a waste of money and a distraction to concentration.

MadCat

[TheGuru]

Originally Posted by salocius

The only time I would use one really is for going into London or any unfamiliar big city centre. The number of times I've driven round London with an A-Z balanced on my lap (why are they always so small?)

Why is it that the place Im heading for is always in the crease of the page

Im not a fan of SatNav for normal drivers, they turn peoples brains off!

I think that they are great for the emergency services and couriers etc...

[sabredragon]

Originally Posted by TheGuru

Why is it that the place Im heading for is always in the crease of the page

Im not a fan of SatNav for normal drivers, they turn peoples brains off!

I think that they are great for the emergency services and couriers etc...

I'm in two minds about Sat Nav's for the emergency services as there was a case some months ago with an ambulance following it blindly & ended up in the wrong place
London cabbies have to do the knowledge they put a cabbie up against a vehicle with a Sat Nav & the cabbie won as the Sat Nav went direct & got stuck in central london
So harping back to the emergency services maybe they should do something like the knowledge if they dont already
As for couriers (white van man) would the Sat Nav be able to talk them round the streets as fast as they drive

Ohh yes the crease in the map we were coming home from Germany & went through Eind & Hoven which is infact Eindhoven & they have never let me forget it

[madcat]

Originally Posted by sabredragon

Ohh yes the crease in the map we were coming home from Germany & went through Eind & Hoven which is infact Eindhoven & they have never let me forget it

Did you hear about the number of cases in Germany and a few other places in Europe where people have turned into barriers and massive ditches where there was no road, just because the sat nav said to turn?? Utter proof that they turn off the brain when using!


MadCat

[saz180]

We have a satnav and wouldnt be without it, we used to plan our route before we left home and we would still get lost lol, so im glad we invested in one

[madcat]

Originally Posted by saz180

We have a satnav and wouldnt be without it, we used to plan our route before we left home and we would still get lost lol, so im glad we invested in one

We used to do that!!!!

Then we bought a new road map and plan our route with the RAC and the map, so we rarely get lost now

MadCat