I've told you a million times - do not exaggerate!
Have people forgotten how to read maps?
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I've told you a million times - do not exaggerate!
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I always have a map with me incase technology fails me, i always have something else to fall back on.
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They save me a whole lot of heartache.
small scale maps are good because they will have farms and the like on, Sat navs are good because when you are high tailing it across country you dont have to think, you just bang in where you want to be then "shortest route" and floor it to where it says.
I can do it with a map, for years i had no choice not to, and for quite a few years, delivered without maps using the "old lady method" eg "excuse me love, wheres this?".
Sat navs are so much easier.
small scale maps are good because they will have farms and the like on, Sat navs are good because when you are high tailing it across country you dont have to think, you just bang in where you want to be then "shortest route" and floor it to where it says.
I can do it with a map, for years i had no choice not to, and for quite a few years, delivered without maps using the "old lady method" eg "excuse me love, wheres this?".
Sat navs are so much easier.
Jesus, get with the times. Maps are for those stuck in a time warp and still living there lives in the days of yesteryear. TomTom > Fubling over a big map
If a TomTom is going to make your life easier then why on earth would you choose to use a map.
It's called progression
If a TomTom is going to make your life easier then why on earth would you choose to use a map.
It's called progression
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I don't have Sat. Nav. I alreasy use a map.
I've still got the £250 in my pocket that wasn't spent on Sat Nav.
£250?, were you looking at the gold plated version
Can pick up a TomTom One for peanuts these days...
But good for you, personally I think mine is worth it's weight in gold. Paid for it self already in my eyes and got me out some very tricky situations
.Praise be TomTom!
we'll see who's making progress when all the sat-navers are sat on the jammed motorway following their tomtom's useless directions when I take a quick look on the map and decide to move onto the unblocked A roads.
we'll see who's making progress when all the sat-navers are sat on the jammed motorway following their tomtom's useless directions when I take a quick look on the map and decide to move onto the unblocked A roads.
Never had such an issue if you got the traffic jam add on it's got me out of most
Nor has my TomTom ever took me to a dead end
we'll see who's making progress when all the sat-navers are sat on the jammed motorway following their tomtom's useless directions when I take a quick look on the map and decide to move onto the unblocked A roads.
Not if the the TomTom owner has subscribed to the TomTom PLUS service, it'll automatically re-route them round the traffic before you've even pulled over and fumbled around with your piece of paper
I've still got the £250 in my pocket that wasn't spent on Sat Nav.
OH SNAP
Well said.
We have sat-nav, but mostly for the wife
I did use it once, on a journey I have done before, and I made a wrong turn for no reason at all, twice
I much prefer working out my route using tinterweb and a map to be honest, and I very rarely get lost.
I did use it once, on a journey I have done before, and I made a wrong turn for no reason at all, twice
I much prefer working out my route using tinterweb and a map to be honest, and I very rarely get lost.
I don't have sat-nav, just a trusty road atlas tucked behind the seat. Have never needed it really, as I rarely go on journeys long enough to warrant it.
A couple of times I have borrowed a friends Tom-Tom on long trips, but for most of the trip I could go without. If I'm going anywhere distant, Ill always have a good look at a map first anyway and Id rather do that on a big map book than trying to browse on a tiny screen.
When they get as cheap as a paper atlas (ie, about £6.99) then I might just be tempted to crank open my wallet
A couple of times I have borrowed a friends Tom-Tom on long trips, but for most of the trip I could go without. If I'm going anywhere distant, Ill always have a good look at a map first anyway and Id rather do that on a big map book than trying to browse on a tiny screen.
When they get as cheap as a paper atlas (ie, about £6.99) then I might just be tempted to crank open my wallet
I agree with all of you but the point I'm trying to put over is, are people too heavily reliant on technology such as TomTom?! Maybe they aren't maybe its just me but when I leave my house, say to go to a mates in Brighton, I have a good idea of what way I need to go, M1 > M25 > etc etc. I'd much sooner look on a map at the major trunk roads then go from there than have to rely on a TomTom to tell me.
I *DO* use Sat-Nav, it is great for finding those small roads that are totally out of the way, all i'm trying to say is, do we rely on it too much though rather than the 'planning' of our journies rather than just jumping in at the deep end and 'planning as we drive' using technology!?
Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that technology is wrong and that I think we should all still have horse and carriages wearing cave men clothes. I just think that its funny when people get into the mind set of relying on a small little box that, if all goes wrong, they can be tottally and utterly donald ducked!
I *DO* use Sat-Nav, it is great for finding those small roads that are totally out of the way, all i'm trying to say is, do we rely on it too much though rather than the 'planning' of our journies rather than just jumping in at the deep end and 'planning as we drive' using technology!?
Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that technology is wrong and that I think we should all still have horse and carriages wearing cave men clothes. I just think that its funny when people get into the mind set of relying on a small little box that, if all goes wrong, they can be tottally and utterly donald ducked!
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I agree it's good to have a strong idea of what roads your on etc,
BUT at the end of the day it's like saying you should understand how your phone works, you should always walk everywhere: technology is so advanced that reliance is inevitable.
BUT at the end of the day it's like saying you should understand how your phone works, you should always walk everywhere: technology is so advanced that reliance is inevitable.
I have always been a good map reader and always do it whenever we go away for short breaks.
However, I have found sat nav to be a big beneficial and has much more versatility than a set of few maps.
1) It is like a portable yellow page - select the nearest atm in an urban area you never went before and you will be presented with a list of the nearest atm...the same goes for take away, shops, restaurants, hospitals, park, service stations, train & bus stations etc.
2) While it tends to choose some unusual routes, it has given me some routes which I won't have thought of...especially in cities with lot of one way streets and also I find it useful in rural areas as well.
3) Put in street and within a few seconds, your journey is planned completely and you don't have to stop while driving to have a look at maps. Just carry on driving!
4) Street maps - it comes with a street map of every village, town, city, urban areas...can any of the normal (UK, Great Britain etc) maps do that?
I think it is pretty safe to say that you would have to be too shallow to dismiss sat navs! I was like one of you until I played with a friend's satnav.
However, I have found sat nav to be a big beneficial and has much more versatility than a set of few maps.
1) It is like a portable yellow page - select the nearest atm in an urban area you never went before and you will be presented with a list of the nearest atm...the same goes for take away, shops, restaurants, hospitals, park, service stations, train & bus stations etc.
2) While it tends to choose some unusual routes, it has given me some routes which I won't have thought of...especially in cities with lot of one way streets and also I find it useful in rural areas as well.
3) Put in street and within a few seconds, your journey is planned completely and you don't have to stop while driving to have a look at maps. Just carry on driving!
4) Street maps - it comes with a street map of every village, town, city, urban areas...can any of the normal (UK, Great Britain etc) maps do that?
I think it is pretty safe to say that you would have to be too shallow to dismiss sat navs! I was like one of you until I played with a friend's satnav.
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Its makes me chuckle when I'm off climbing somewhere and i take to the motorway and every other car has a sat nav to rely on, when i've either got it written on my hand or a post it (if its a long journey i run out of palm space). Then i've always got the trusty A2Z of the UK and Manchester, dont get lost that often, but a detour is always welcome
I think it is pretty safe to say that you would have to be too shallow to dismiss sat navs! I was like one of you until I played with a friend's satnav.
I've had delivery drivers like that, they have dismissed Sat navs out of hand till they have had a fiddle with one.
People seem to think it makes them less of a "man" if they have one.