2 Things...

[Kavalree]

I thought I would combined 2 questions into 1 thread.

1) I was given a bottle of spirit of my choice (Sailor Jerry) from a store in Kidderminster yesterday for helping to catch a shoplifter, the other driver also got the same. Was I wrong to accept this?

2) I use my iPhone as a sat-nav, didn't before, as I was only a mate. Passed my test last week. Problem is, the battery is usually flat before I start my return journey and have to rely upon the old AA Road Map. An iPhone in-car charger is a little expensive, but I have found this (Akasa USB Car Charger) on OCUK site. The wagons at work all output 24v to the 'port' in the cab, will this device work fine or would it have adverse effects on my trusty iPhone? OR should I just invest in a proper sat-nav, i.e. Snooper, or a trucker specific one?

Many thanks.

 

[Kavalree]

1) No

2) That USB charger will be fine, it will atleast maintain the battery rather then draining it while in use.

Current smartphones are better then any dedicated satnav unit as they offer live searching for points of interest. The GPS chips in them are perfectly good unless you have something old like the iPhone 3G.

iPhone 3GS, I use a combination of Google Maps and Nav-Free. Works ok, but Nav Free keeps freezing or dropping GPS signal.

HGV Driver?

Be careful if blindly following a sat-nav route. Not all routes are HGV friendly!

I know this from when I was a mate, Leek to Biddulph in a 26ton wagon, down a 7.5ton route, as it was all we could do, sat-nav sent us the wrong way...

I do have my sat-nav on the iPhone set as HGV/RV, so, in theory, it should only send us HGV routes... Not had a problem yet...touch wood.


Thanks for the advice anyway guys, I will buy the adapter and if I experience any problems I would buy a proper trucker sat-nav. Bloke at work has a Snooper, 7inch screen by the looks of things, proper truck-nav.