28-04-2015, 01:05 PM
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Re: sat nav
Originally Posted by Meg
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I don't have one, I tend only to drive in areas I know these days 
. My reactions are not what they once were and I can't do with being hassled by other drivers. If I go anywhere unfamiliar I Google the trip and print it out then familiarise myself with the journey.
When we go on holiday I still take a map and a print out although my son and DIL have sat nav, 'old habits die hard'
28-04-2015, 01:38 PM
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Re: sat nav
Originally Posted by Myra
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I use the one on my phone, which is great.
The only safe, legal way to use a phone in a car is to park and turn the engine off (or get hands free which most cars have anyway).
28-04-2015, 01:41 PM
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Re: sat nav
I blame them for the number of lorries coming through our otherwise quiet village. Not that it troubles me because I live off the main road, but it's just not a good route for large vehicles.I don't have one in either the car or the motorhome and it's never proved to be a problem.
28-04-2015, 01:55 PM
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Re: sat nav
Originally Posted by Grumblewagon
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I blame them for the number of lorries coming through our otherwise quiet village. Not that it troubles me because I live off the main road, but it's just not a good route for large vehicles.I don't have one in either the car or the motorhome and it's never proved to be a problem.
28-04-2015, 05:41 PM
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Re: sat nav
People keep telling me I should get one but two cars nearby have been broken into for the SatNav.I was in a vehicle today with someone who was using one.
I couldn't make out what the tiny little voice was saying and I needed my glasses on to see the tiny screen.
Trouble is I'm long-sighted so I don't currently need my glasses to drive so if I had to use a SatNav I'd have to keep putting my glasses on then taking them off again all the time!
This is why I have a Map Book in the car - for emergencies only as I always plan my journeys and print off Google Maps or AA Maps the night before.
My wife then reads them out or lets me know some other way but it's getting harder now. stevmk2
28-04-2015, 06:44 PM
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Re: sat nav
Originally Posted by Bruce
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Not really allowed to do that in NSW, basically touching a phone while driving is an offence so operating a phone Sat Nav on the move is a dodgy business -absurd but that's the way it is.The only safe, legal way to use a phone in a car is to park and turn the engine off (or get hands free which most cars have anyway).
28-04-2015, 09:00 PM
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Re: sat nav
In the ten years I worked as a self employed courier neither of my two vans had sat nav, I carried over two hundred quids worth of A to Z's and would plan my routes out the night before. It was only in the last couple of years that sat nav's became popular, and by this time I could navigate my way round Britain without the need for sat nav or map. To home in on a particular location I would use the appropriate A to Z. However, since retiring and replacing the vans with a vehicle containing a built in sat nav, I have on occasion resorted to using it in towns and cities and found it very helpful. I still prefer to plan my routes using maps because I may not follow the shortest or fastest way, and I also make diversions to visit places of interest. As pointed out earlier, if you always rely on your sat nav, you will never learn a route, so be careful not to get too reliant on it and they can be a very useful addition to your navigational aids.|
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