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From: Neil Williams on 20 Dec 2009 15:10 On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:47:41 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >Satnav.s have a habit of taking you through housing estates and along >almost impassable roads Sat-navs will take you by the shortest/quickest route, depending what you ask them to do. This might include "housing estates" and small country roads. However, one of the good things about sat-navs is that if you don't like something it asks you to do, just don't follow it. It will automatically correct the route. > has I stated I wouldn't have one given me . I find mine extremely useful when used correctly. Perhaps you should give one a go? Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: Neil Williams on 20 Dec 2009 15:13 On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:26:57 +0000, johannes <johs(a)sizef9768544333356itter.com> wrote: >Too ryt! Drivers staring at a 4" screen instead of the windscreen can't >be any good. The you have to worry about them getting nicked and have to >hide or carry in your pocket. Mine normally lives in the glovebox. But that, of course, depends on where you park your car. >I use excellent google earth/map facilities >before embarking in an unknown journey. Then download the info to my >biological memory system. If you can remember a long route (I know some people can) you're lucky. I would have to read a list of directions, which is harder than a sat-nav reading out what to do. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: Ian Dalziel on 20 Dec 2009 15:24 On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:47:41 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:40:36 GMT, wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk (Neil >Williams) wrote: > >>On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:30:12 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >> >>>Satnav's are a menace >> >>Sat-navs are a useful tool, particularly when driving alone. If >>idiots can't use them properly, that's their problem. >> >>Neil >Satnav.s have a habit of taking you through housing estates and along >almost impassable roads has I stated I wouldn't have one given me . I've never heard of one grabbing the wheel. -- Ian D
From: Stephen Furley on 20 Dec 2009 15:50 On 20 Dec, 20:13, wensleyd...(a)pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote: > >I use excellent google earth/map facilities > >before embarking in an unknown journey. Then download the info to my > >biological memory system. > > If you can remember a long route (I know some people can) you're > lucky. I would have to read a list of directions, which is harder > than a sat-nav reading out what to do. Speaking as somebody who has never even seen one of these things; what information do they present to the driver, and how do they present it?
From: Neil Williams on 20 Dec 2009 16:06
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:50:41 -0800 (PST), Stephen Furley <furles(a)mail.croydon.ac.uk> wrote: >Speaking as somebody who has never even seen one of these things; what >information do they present to the driver, and how do they present it? Normally they present it in a few ways. Mine (a TomTom One) has:- 1. A view of the upcoming road marked with any turnings that are coming up. Sometimes this is "flat" like a map, and sometimes it is in 3D so mimics what you're seeing out of the windscreen. It is often also marked with names of roads. 2. In the top right corner, an example of the next "sign" you should be looking to follow (not the actual sign, but something about the general direction - e.g. "M6 South".) 3. In the bottom left, arrows showing the next turn(s). 4. At the bottom, the current time and expected time of arrival. (This is surprisingly accurate). 5. The name and designator (e.g. "A123") of the road you're currently on. There is also (possibly most importantly) a set of voice directions, such as... "Turn right" "Take the exit" "Take the motorway" "Go around the roundabout, second exit" These get prefixed with... "Ahead" = coming up fairly soon "...Then" = next direction e.g. "Turn left, then turn right". "In 100 yards" = pretty obvious :) (no prefix) = immediately The more expensive devices (not mine) will suffix with "onto the A123" or similar. As with any computing device, the more you know about how they work, the more you'll get out of them. But they aren't infallible, and as with a map if you blindly follow them you may well end up looking like an idiot. The good thing, though, is that if you don't like a direction, just ignore it, and the device will recalculate. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |