Bikemonkey … if youre happy with square wheels - the rest of us will progress with round ones … embrace technology with existing methods
steamer:
Bikemonkey … if youre happy with square wheels - the rest of us will progress with round ones … embrace technology with existing methods
Whatever. 
206doorman:
My TomTom Sat nav is, in order of priority:
- an electronic map (no need for a library of mapbooks anymore)
- a journey planner ( time to destination,valuble, routing tool, advance planning…i.e. can I do,in 9/10 hrs what they’ve asked me to do?)
- a route suggester
In tandem with a full-size whole-of-uk map-book, it’s all I normally need.
I do use a Greater London book if i’m in the thick of it though, helps planning inside London.The settings you use are critical. I use ‘limited speed 48mph’ all the time. I’m rarely late for a tip, and, over a days driving I can ‘make time’ . This setting also often suggests a more suitable route for trucks, i.e. avoiding motorways where an A road can be more direct and a bit quicker.
The sat-nav data-base programmers will never know everything. If your
little box suggests a faulty route, tell the manufacturers via their website. With a little bit of help from us, they can improve the suggested routings.
This conforms precisely to my own view of the things, an aid like anything else, but not to be slavishly followed.
Bikemonkey:
with society and technolgy as it is now,I wish I’d been born 60 years ago
Why? 65 years ago is even better.
I couldn’t live without my TomTom nowadays. It’s saved me so much time and hassle over the years I’ve been using it!
I was convinced after trying an ancient Garmin Streetpilot whilst trying to cross a very busy London from Romford to Wandsworth. Took me on a weird route but I NEVER got held up! Bloody amazing!
However, it is only one of the MANY tools I use when I’m behind a steering wheel, trying desperatly to get to my destination! 