From: Conor on
In article <4B34DD81.7F391AEC(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com>, johannes
says...

> Looking at a 4" screen while driving can't be any good. In fact it should be
> outlawed, just like mobile phones.

The idea is you don't look at it as you're driving down the road. You
listen to the instructions and quickly glance at the screen if unsure.


--
Conor
www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk

I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Ian Dalziel on
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:25:09 +0000, johannes
<johs(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com> wrote:

>
>
>Mr X wrote:
>>
>[...]
>> No I've never been a professional driver and nor do I want to be.
>> I love driving, thanks to all the gadgets in my car.
>> Sat Nav is great and I'm sure that in the future there will be a way of
>> connecting it so the car drives itself to the destination with the driver
>> only having to intervene now and again, rather like a autopilot on a plane.
>> As you dislike modernity so much why do you own a car when you have two good
>> legs?
>
>I prefer to 'understand' the route rather than being passively directed to
>the destination. E.g. when I am a passenger, then I easily looses the route
>because I don't have to know. But afterwards I feel frustrated by not knowing
>the exact route.

How would a satnav prevent you from understanding the route?

--

Ian D
From: johannes on


Conor wrote:
>
> In article <4B34E4D8.EDA47A4(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com>, johannes
> says...
>
> > So far my system has worked well. Google maps gives the logical route and
> > Google Earth provides the particular landmarks to look out for.
>
> So when you're driving through say London from one side to the other, do
> you stop after every turn and then every few hundred yards or do you
> read the instructions as you're driving?

If driving London from one side to the other, I would probably use M25 for
a large part, or major trunk roads planned in advance from home. Detailed
directions isn't really necessary until you get closer to your destination.
Only then I begin to look out for landmarks and possibly stop to consult
the printouts.
From: Mr X on

"johannes" <johs(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com> wrote in message
news:4B352FD2.8E5A447C(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com...
>
>
> Conor wrote:
>>
>> In article <4B34E4D8.EDA47A4(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com>, johannes
>> says...
>>
>> > So far my system has worked well. Google maps gives the logical route
>> > and
>> > Google Earth provides the particular landmarks to look out for.
>>
>> So when you're driving through say London from one side to the other, do
>> you stop after every turn and then every few hundred yards or do you
>> read the instructions as you're driving?
>
> If driving London from one side to the other, I would probably use M25 for
> a large part, or major trunk roads planned in advance from home. Detailed
> directions isn't really necessary until you get closer to your
> destination.
> Only then I begin to look out for landmarks and possibly stop to consult
> the printouts.
So why not follow a satnav and allow you to concentrate on the road rather
than looking for landmarks or stopping places to consult a map, something
that is hard on a red route!
I remember driving to a destination in Bristol with a SatNav. I'd never
been there before and it was so simple it was almost beautiful. Compared to
what it used to be like, messing about with maps or arguing with passengers
who were meant to be reading the things.


From: johannes on


Ian Dalziel wrote:
>
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:25:09 +0000, johannes
> <johs(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Mr X wrote:
> >>
> >[...]
> >> No I've never been a professional driver and nor do I want to be.
> >> I love driving, thanks to all the gadgets in my car.
> >> Sat Nav is great and I'm sure that in the future there will be a way of
> >> connecting it so the car drives itself to the destination with the driver
> >> only having to intervene now and again, rather like a autopilot on a plane.
> >> As you dislike modernity so much why do you own a car when you have two good
> >> legs?
> >
> >I prefer to 'understand' the route rather than being passively directed to
> >the destination. E.g. when I am a passenger, then I easily looses the route
> >because I don't have to know. But afterwards I feel frustrated by not knowing
> >the exact route.
>
> How would a satnav prevent you from understanding the route?

It doesn't, but you don't have to. As I said it's the difference between being a
passenger and a driver. Do London Taxi drivers use satnav?
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