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From: Mr X on 25 Dec 2009 16:43 "johannes" <johs(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com> wrote in message news:4B35313B.5C9447E3(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com... > > > 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? I've certainly seem them doing so. Many of them do not know some of the more minor roads in outer London in any case.
From: johannes on 25 Dec 2009 16:51 Mr X wrote: > > "johannes" <johs(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com> wrote in message > news:4B35313B.5C9447E3(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com... > > > > > > 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? > I've certainly seem them doing so. Many of them do not know some of the > more minor roads in outer London in any case. OK, so it's a 'maybe'. At the moment I don't feel that I need a satnav.
From: johnwright ""john" on 25 Dec 2009 17:25 Conor wrote: > In article <too9j59361hmq9eg49p0lt3b9c4losuipk(a)4ax.com>, James > Martin(a)hgvu.com says... > >> Exactly Johannes only problem is the law makers in this country are >> very good at making these laws BUT no good at ensuring that the police >> prosecute offenders, regarding mobile phones very difficult but very >> simple regarding satnavs all it needs is wording to the effect that if >> a satnav can be seen in a vehicle working or not a prosecution should >> automatically follow. > > You have never ever been a commercial driver. Neither have I but in any profession I have had I would select tools that would make it easier for me to do my job whatever it was. -- I'm not apathetic... I just don't give a sh** anymore ?John Wright
From: Conor on 25 Dec 2009 18:00 In article <4B352FD2.8E5A447C(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com>, johannes says... > > 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. Would you now like to answer the question? -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 25 Dec 2009 18:01
In article <6ufaj5lp4nm7qgk8oggpmcj99phdtu7t0r(a)4ax.com>, James Martin(a)hgvu.com says... > For myself it is much much cheaper to do it my way than spend money on > a satnav and just as easy . There speaks a person who has never used Satnav. As for cheaper, it isn't. I had a decades worth of A to Z's covering about as much of the country as possible. Cost me well over �500 and some of them were in dire need of replacing, especially Birmingham. As for just as easy, I fail to see how. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. |