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From: Roland Perry on 20 Dec 2009 16:12 In message <fb9080df-519c-4d59-aac2-f76da236bab6(a)s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com>, at 12:50:41 on Sun, 20 Dec 2009, Stephen Furley <furles(a)mail.croydon.ac.uk> remarked: >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? There's usually two methods: voice and map. It will tell you "in 400 yards take the second exit", and count that down to the junction. Meanwhile a map in 2D or pseudo-3D will show you the road you are supposed to be taking. This is an upmarket one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kYywZ7C1G4 More examples at: http://www.civinfo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Satnav_demo -- Roland Perry
From: damduck-egg on 20 Dec 2009 17:04 On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:10:01 GMT, wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote: >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. > I Set one with a Male voice to quickest and a one with a female to shortest The difference in directions was just like being in Mum and Dads Cortina again. G.Harman
From: Neil Williams on 20 Dec 2009 17:52 On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:46:03 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >I am able to find my way to most places in the UK having driven trough >most places at some time or other in the course of my employment and >now if I want to locate a street or whatever I stop at the first >police station, post office, and ask I am not to lazy to get out of >the car. Each to their own. I find a sat-nav more efficient. >I do not like to have voices in my ears when driving I don't even have >the radio on I like to solely concentrate on my driving perhaps that >is why I have 48 years accident free driving under my belt . I find the opposite on a long motorway journey - having the radio on breaks the monotony and thus keeps me more alert. As for the sat-nav, not having to worry about where I'm going allows me to pay more attention to the road. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: Neil Williams on 20 Dec 2009 17:53 On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:50:16 GMT, James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: >I gave the one a friend bought a try out have read previously how >"wonderful" they where . Fair enough, then perhaps one is not for you. But some of us do really like them. But equally, some people don't know how to use them properly, and end up making a complete idiot of themselves. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply.
From: johnwright ""john" on 20 Dec 2009 19:16
S wrote: > On Dec 13, 1:58 pm, Ray Keattch <r.keattch5...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >> mike scott wrote: >>> alexander.keys1 wrote: >>>> On 11 Dec, 20:09, Chris Tolley <cj.tol...(a)bogus.co.uk (ukonline >>>> really)> wrote: >>>> "A double-decker bus carrying children on a school trip has had >>>>> its roof torn off after crashing into a bridge in Leicester. >>> .... >>>> height marked in the cab? Those that I've seen do. What happened? >>> Satnav in use? >> Why satnav? > > Satnav has the effect of turning the driver's brain off, so lorries go > down narrow country lanes clearly marked as unsuitable for them and > get stuck, because that's the shortest route the satnav finds. Very true. The Tom Tom I use when coming from a particular direction tries to send me home via a farm track that is only in use by tractors and people like me walking dogs. No sane person would ever take anything short of a tractor down that track. -- I'm not apathetic... I just don't give a sh** anymore ?John Wright |