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From: Recliner on 20 Dec 2009 11:01 <James Martin(a)hgvu.com> wrote in message news:lhasi55t5bp4hb83jl2huanbtucegeb2i2(a)4ax.com > 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 . Not if you ask for the quickest, as opposed to the shortest, route.
From: johannes on 20 Dec 2009 11:26 James, Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:35:25 +0000, Denis McMahon > <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >I see that the bus company was very very quick to announce that their > >buses are not satnav equipped. Almost too quick, like maybe they gave > >him a portable satnav to use for this trip and told him just follow the > >satnav, and now they're trying to distance themselves from that. > Satnav's are a menace and how the MOT can allow them to be used by > anyone beats me they are a dangerous piece of equipment the numerous > stories regarding them should be enough to stop anyone buying one. I > would not have one given me, maybe that is why Halfords are trying to > get rid by selling them at 50% off 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. I use excellent google earth/map facilities before embarking in an unknown journey. Then download the info to my biological memory system.
From: Stephen Farrow on 20 Dec 2009 11:36 On Dec 20, 1:47 pm, James Mar...(a)hgvu.com wrote: > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:40:36 GMT, wensleyd...(a)pacersplace.org.uk (Neil > > Williams) wrote: > >On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:30:12 GMT, James Mar...(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 . If you don't have one and wouldn't use one, how can you possibly know how well they work? -- Stephen
From: Ivor Jones on 20 Dec 2009 12:04 On 20/12/09 13:47, 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 . Those well publicised cases where satnavs have taken lorry drivers along narrow country lanes etc. are due entirely to the failure of the driver to program them correctly. My unit has different settings for car, bus, lorry etc. and will avoid roads which are not suitable for large vehicles as long as they are set correctly. As has been said, if the driver is too thick to set the thing properly then that's his/her fault/problem. They are *extremely* useful when riding a motorcycle where it is difficult to consult a map easily. Ivor
From: Ophelia on 20 Dec 2009 13:01
JNugent wrote: > James Martin(a)hgvu.com wrote: > >> wensleydale(a)pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams) wrote: >>> 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. > >> 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 . > > If you're trying to find an address in a "housing estate", they're > invaluable. It took me a wee while to get used to mine, but now I wouldn't be without it. I think it is important to be able to see the countdown to ie a turn. It is too easy to turn too soon because the voice demands that you 'turn now'! One just needs practice and then *mostly* they are very useful. On a very long journey, it is good to see the ETA and realise that the 'run' is not going on forever:) |