Although I’m old enough to have driven in the days before Sat Navs I now realise I’m utterly reliant on the bloody thing to guide me into places I don’t know - especially London and other big cities. Before the usual knobs start, I don’t just put a postcode in and go - I use google maps, ring up the delivery point for route advice in certain situations (farms), and input way points - basically programme my route into it.
Got a feeling that even the old timers on here would think “[zb]” if they suddenly had to be without one again?
I tend to take the ■■■■ out of you guys who use these 300 quid jobbies that make you a cuppa and just about wipe your arses.
If I needed that level of guidance and mollycoddling I wouldn’t do the bloody job.
HOWEVER , I have got used to my basic Tom Tom which I started on about 7 yrs or so ago, and although in real terms I don’t really NEED it, I did miss it a few months ago when my old one went ■■■■ up, and I went back to the old ways for a couple of months.
To be honest, I will admit, I would not be without it these days permanently…but only as a guide
So yeh Tris I do get what you mean mate.
I’m quite new to the industry and I have to say that the £300 sat nav I purchased is well worth the money and time it has saved me. . I have an old fashioned map for back up (dated 2016) and my only panic is that the cigar lighter becomes inop and the batt dies on the nav. The last thing I want to do is turn up late for deliveries/collections because of the time it takes to navigate using the map- I also find it difficult to stop (anywhere) in London just to check what turning I need. Of course common sense is needed and nav should not always be relied upon. When this market is so competitive for jobs I don’t want to be the driver that keeps running late or gets lost.
Bamblemash:
I’m quite new to the industry and I have to say that the £300 sat nav I purchased is well worth the money and time it has saved me. . I have an old fashioned map for back up (dated 2016) and my only panic is that the cigar lighter becomes inop and the batt dies on the nav. The last thing I want to do is turn up late for deliveries/collections because of the time it takes to navigate using the map- I also find it difficult to stop (anywhere) in London just to check what turning I need. Of course common sense is needed and nav should not always be relied upon. When this market is so competitive for jobs I don’t want to be the driver that keeps running late or gets lost.
Have you a smartphone? Use that. In my opinion Google maps on my phone is way better than any dedicated satnav these days. Don’t even need addresses just pop company name and town in and off you go.
Tis true Luke and you make a fair point however my whispers Iphone4 is too unreliable and I would now like to purchase a classic Nokia. I think I spend too much time looking at the phone rather than engaging with humans.
