Ms Gooner 1

Whilst I know that the most of the world today seems to have some gadget in their car to tell them where to go - I myself can read maps!!!

But, I have noticed that people who mount them in the middle of their window can't seem to drive properly!

I was driving on a dual carriageway the other day and the car in front of me was sitting astride both lanes and couldn't seem to make up his (yes it was a man) mind what lane he wanted to be in. Anyway, eventually the tw@t moved over and I managed to get by - and it seems the reason for his problem was that he was so intent on looking at his sat-nav, he wasn't watching the road. the nav seemed to be mounted in the centre of the wondow - albeit toward the bottom, but it was as if he was driving using the device as a central point - i.e. to him it was lined up with the centre of the road - but to everyone else - it was HIM who was in the centre of the road.

Surely, watching a route finder in your car is just as distracting as talking on your phone!

(Moan over )

bootsy

i was having a conversion about this just last week.a friend of a friend hit a parked car because he was looking at his satnav and not the road.i like you can read a map but i have use one when i'm been driving in europe.i dont really see the need for one in my day to day driving.

dpb

lol bit like that dozy bint in her merc who drove straight into a lake believing everything the little box of delights told her

MK5

one of the worst inventions ever

i am a woman and i can get anywhere by reading a map and following road signs... its not difficult!!

Simon C

Or the dozy lass who stopped on a train line!!!! End result a car in car heaven.


PS, I have my sat nav just above the air vents in the centre but don't look at it inless driving slowly, I listen to it.

dpb

ah yes,but at the same time as applying lipstick and powdering your nose ....?

Ms Gooner 1

and there i was thinking I was just "being a girl" LOL. I have had so many incidents where people seem to turn that thing ON and turn their common sense OFF!

Wasn't there a case where a young girl actually drove onto railway lines! WTF - she actually came to a set of gates at night and because the damn thing was telling her to go straight over - she got out of the car, opened the gates and actually drove across train lines - straight into the path of a train. Luckily she managed to get out of the car - the car however, did not manage to get out of the way of the train!!!!

Ms Gooner 1

It is a known fact that women can multi-task - we can drive, whilst on the phone, having a cigarette AND do our lipstick - but still don't NEED **** nav because we can read road signs and maps all at the same time!

Simon C

OK without looking at 1, what colour is a B road on an OS map?

Tart Man

Worst ones are the people who fit them on the windscreen them slap bang in front of them.

Great...they can see the sat nav with ease....pity it blocks the view of the road.

If I do use mine (rarely), I fit it on the side window - its far easier to focus on and press any bottons than being miles out of reach on the windscrean. And it doesn't block the view of the road, all I have to remember is not to wind the window down

Ms Gooner 1

I don't know - and I don't need to know either LOL. If i have somewhere to go - I look up my current location - then find the destination I WANT - then look at roads to get me there. But at a guess - I'd go for green? However, I hate accronyms so don't actually know what an "OS" map is?

Ms Gooner 1

OS - is that overseas?

Simon C

Ordnance Survey!!!! The cartographers of the Country.


And its Orange.

dpb

Thats code for asking a policeman

Simon C

If ya can find 1

Ms Gooner 1

OK - when it comes to maps - its called an A-Z and I dont know who makes it - I just read it if I need it (obviously I don't get lost because I'm female LMAO) and I did say it was a guess.

Simon C

A-Z's are still produced on ifo got from OS.


And the key to a map is knowing what info its telling you. Not just road names, if your lost it stops you looking at 3/4 of the roads your not on.

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

maps You actually read a map while driving??

Program satnav and let it talk to you. Its not perfect, but its SOOO much safer than trying to read a map while driving.

If you have a passenger, then fine, break out the map and have some fun. Solo, its Satnav all the way.

mart360

Mines on a pro mount, mounted via bodywork round the centre console, its

discrete and out of my field of view


Mart

dpb

Mines at teh middle bottom of the front windscreen - its the only sensible place ..!!

Id agree to some extent on a daily trip round somewhere conjested like north london for example its better to use your natural intuition

CrisPDuk

That's what road signs are for surely

Any half decent driver would have worked their route out and noted the road numbers and significant towns en route before they even got into the car

Brendan Hughes

The one problem I really have with my sat nav is when I can see a complex junction coming up, it's not clear which turning I need ("bear slightly right" when there are three right forks but the main road follows round to sharp left) and the map doesn't change fast enough relative to where I am on the road. Then I have to hesitate, staring at the map, going "c'mon, c'mon you ba5tard" until I can see where I need to turn. Perhaps that's what was the problem in the OP (Ordinance Post).

For those who need them to go next door in the city that they grew up in - I suggest you walk.

pimmo2000

iTrader: (6)

Using maps.. HA

The only people who stuggle with Sat Navs are the same oldies that complain maps are no longer being used!

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

I love my maps, I love my Satnav, both have a place in my car

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

Driving solo through Europe at night = Satnav

TomTom mobile 6 hardly gets in the way, in fact the scoop on the bonnet blocks more of the view!

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

Its those very notes you should not be reading while driving. If you can memorise the whole route before you start, then so be it. However, memorising a route is totally different to map reading

satancom

I use maps when the roads aren't in my sat nav (green laning), but for work and general a to b stuff I use satnav, have it on my mobile phone. Not perfect but it gets me there!

Chris L

Yep that is what I do - bought a Brodit Proclip which is so much better than the standard windscreen mount. It is far more stable, keeps the windscreen clear and is a lot less obvious (also no tell tale rings on the windscreen).

Sal I used to keep both in the car, but now my car doesn't have a boot, I've ditched the map!

Jerome

How many times have people had to endure being behind someone who is looking for a particlar road? Crawling along for ages and slamming on the brakes at every sideroad.

If sat nav reduces that alone it is worthwhile.

Finding a particular address in an unfamiliar town is made much easier with sat nav. I still have maps though and use them to plan the route beforehand. Some addresses are quite difficult to find, even with a map. Many maps don't show one way streets as well.

I presume all you anti sat nav people stop every time you look at the map. To do otherwise would be an offence I would imagine.

Even when going somewhere familiar, I still use the sat nav as a reminder about speed cameras and known speed trap sites.

I think having it on makes me more aware of the speed limit and therefore less likely to be speeding excessively. Quite easily done with the amount of speed limits that have been reduced in recent years.