How long do you think A 2 Z will be in print for now we’re in the digital age.Keep reading on
here about the people who think people who use satnavs are bone idle .So how long do you think you will still be able to get new paper maps.
Me I think they are on a life support now
People that use a sat nav aren’t bone idle, the people who punch in a post code and blindly follow it are.
Never have 100% faith in technology. That being said, I’ve never really had 100% faith in paper maps either!
I have a box full of them in the shed lol
I also don’t own a sat nav
A map you can rely on 100%, a sat nav you cant. I have both but if im ever on a new route i never set up the nav until nearly there, i only use it for final destination. Maps will be here for a good while yet, drivers are not the only ones to use them…
tango boy:
I have a box full of them in the shed lol
I also don’t own a sat nav
Same here,have had them long before sat-nav and google came on the scene,do admit since being retired,to using a sat-nav more due to the wife`s eye sight not so good to navigate
F-reds:
People that use a sat nav aren’t bone idle, the people who punch in a post code and blindly follow it are.
+1
Satnav is a brilliant pocket sized street map of the country, its also invaluable for ‘spotting’ unmarked junctions and for confirming the correct road to take in city roundabouts/junctions where there are no direction signs and where the major route isn’t obvious.
A satnav is not a route finder for professional drivers, its there to assist and confirm, not to direct.
I chucked all my A to Zs away. My excuse was they were out of date, (Some had ‘‘I’m in the lory wif my Daddy’’ written with an accompanied drawn picture, done by my eldest daughter…Who is now 30 ! ) so that is how old most of them were, but the real reason was I could not read the ridiculously small print anymore. 
Fully agree with F reds & Juddian on the Sat nav thing.
Ah the days of paper A to Z maps.
You could tell when a driver was using one, as they’re the one who slammed on the brakes when they realised they where right on top of the road they’re looking for 
Or how about the “go around the roundabout several times till you figure out which exit you needed” manoeuvres
All of the above was usually down to trying to read the map while driving and spot the exit/road at the same time, while changing gear using an Eaton twin splitter.
Wasn’t it great in the old days …eh?
I remember many a time following an A to Z whist holding it in my left hand and the right on the steering wheel, that was their only disadvantage I feel.
I hope it stays in print for ever, if you need a satnav to do your job you are in the wrong job.
Pat Hasler:
I hope it stays in print for ever, if you need a satnav to do your job you are in the wrong job.
With you 100% Pat . Been all over Canada and most of the higher 48 and never once used a satnav , no issues . Our peoplenet elogs don’t work half the time , neither does most of the computer based crap on the truck . If in doubt make a call or find a map , Old Skool or just old it works for me .
AndrewG:
A map you can rely on 100%
Disagree with you there, maps are only accurate on the day that the survey was done. One of the drivers at our place does not use a sat nav, and only uses paper maps. He quite regularly gets caught out by road changes, new road or new restrictions ( height, weight etc).
I use a sat nav, but don’t blindly follow it everywhere. My sat nav has tried taking me down some crappy B road rather than go half a mile further to an A road because it’s a minute quicker. Drivers should use sat navy with a healthy dose of common sense.
Still use maps these days,have a sat nav which has only been used a couple of times.Fortunately I know my way around the country fairly well so usually no need for either.
Cannot believe some drivers trying to read a map whilst driving.I thought the idiots arrived when mobiles were invented.
madmackem:
AndrewG:
A map you can rely on 100%Disagree with you there, maps are only accurate on the day that the survey was done. One of the drivers at our place does not use a sat nav, and only uses paper maps. He quite regularly gets caught out by road changes, new road or new restrictions ( height, weight etc).
I use a sat nav, but don’t blindly follow it everywhere. My sat nav has tried taking me down some crappy B road rather than go half a mile further to an A road because it’s a minute quicker. Drivers should use sat navy with a healthy dose of common sense.
O/S maps are always pretty accurate, you can rely on a map 100%, a map doesnt need to be charged or have internals which can blow a circuit…
AndrewG:
A map you can rely on 100%,
As a former Cartographer in one of my long distant previous occupations and as somebody who was using paper maps for many years, I can tell you that you that paper maps have errors and can’t be relied upon totally.
Pat Hasler:
I hope it stays in print for ever, if you need a satnav to do your job you are in the wrong job.
What an absolute garbage statement, I may be new to this job but using a sat nav along with checking the destination on google maps has got me where I need to be every time for the last 7 months. I do have an atlas but never used it just a bit of common sense picked up from 30 odd years of driving. Why on earth are some people so averse to making their jobs easier, it’s not dumbing down or being lazy it’s using the best tools available to you and I don’t see a paper map being that any more.
bald bloke:
I remember many a time following an A to Z whist holding it in my left hand and the right on the steering wheel, that was their only disadvantage I feel.
Yes, and then spilling your coffee in your lap or over the book! 
I always went for the larger A-Z’s as the standard size were too small to read on the move. I still have them all in a box under the bed though but most will be out of date by now, especially the London one with no M25 on it and Manchester with no M60, just the M63 if anyone still remembers that Motorway haha! 
Pete.
windrush:
bald bloke:
I remember many a time following an A to Z whist holding it in my left hand and the right on the steering wheel, that was their only disadvantage I feel.Yes, and then spilling your coffee in your lap or over the book!
Pete.
I had the small ones and had about 7 or 8 of them dated mid to late 80’s but alas I’ve binned them a long time ago but wished I’d kept them now.
AndrewG:
A map you can rely on 100%
Good luck getting into Catterick from the A1 using a paper map. The junctions no longer exist, the road has been dug up, a new motorway exists to the west of the old A1 with a new set of junctions and access roads.