How big is yours? Hippocampus, I mean.
Study reveals London Hackney drivers have a larger than average one.
This has been attributed to doing the ‘knowledge’ , and having to retain it, and use it. Which obviously benefits spatial awareness and navigation.
Using this facility increases hippocampus activity, whilst relying on google and not using your noggin occasionally is apparently the fast route to becoming an imbecile.
Wondering if us old hands will get a similar benefit from the years of having to visualise routes before setting off?
Janos:
How big is yours? Hippocampus, I mean.
Study reveals London Hackney drivers have a larger than average one.
This has been attributed to doing the ‘knowledge’ , and having to retain it, and use it. Which obviously benefits spatial awareness and navigation.
Using this facility increases hippocampus activity, whilst relying on google and not using your noggin occasionally is apparently the fast route to Alzheimer’s.
Wondering if us old hands will get a similar benefit from the years of having to visualise routes before setting off?
Given that the topic title is “Sat nav makes you stupid” you appear to be saying that people with Alzheimer’s disease are stupid rather than ill 
Nope, thats what you said…but edited anyway.
There are…
Two reasons I have and use a SatNav.
1; traffic updates, the difference between the A1 or the M11 towards London kinda thing.
2; ETA, it’s very good at predicting your arrival time. In the old days of a mile a minute, it was easy to work out when you were gonna be somewhere. Limiters dropping things the 55 crawl makes estimates harder (not impossible).
There’s a fundamental difference between looking at a road map and understanding exactly what your planned route entails. For the most part, I don’t need a SatNav to get me across or up and down England.
I don’t need any mapping really these days because I know all my drops and pick ups and I can work out in my head how to get between them all in any combination. If I was to start doing farms again I’d buy a map. I can’t drive blind on an algorithm, it makes me nervous.
Maybe “Brain of the Week” might like to be up in some kind of publicity show…?
I always argued that it takes TWO to create an accident:
One to cause it, once to fail avoiding it.
In this case, the Waitrose Van driver - should have seen this coming, but clearly didn’t…
Amazingly, no one seriously injured here…
The bridge from the other side - clearly marked that higher vehicles over 13’ need to be in the middle of the road, at which point you could get quite a high artic through there…
But not with a waitrose van in the way!!
I’ve always wanted to go to the Hippo Campus theme park. It’s in Luxembourg I believe
Winseer:
Maybe “Brain of the Week” might like to be up in some kind of publicity show…?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blwuKtygIJU
I always argued that it takes TWO to create an accident:
One to cause it, once to fail avoiding it.
In this case, the Waitrose Van driver - should have seen this coming, but clearly didn’t…
Amazingly, no one seriously injured here…
The bridge from the other side - clearly marked that higher vehicles over 13’ need to be in the middle of the road, at which point you could get quite a high artic through there…
But not with a waitrose van in the way!!
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It takes a special type of sat nav style stupid to risk that bridge and trust that laughable height signage, with a 13’ vehicle let alone more, instead of using Waterloo Road.
goo.gl/maps/CEBFFwWZFf9dzNbp7
I use a mix of Phillips HGV atlas and a Garmin satnav mostly for ETA info.
I’ve got no faith in, and dont rely on my Garmin DEZL, most shifts I have to take a 16’2" double deck to a pick up in Romford…every shift the Garmin tries to route me under a 9’10" bridge FFS! ( yes the vehicle profile is set correctly)
DAF_Daily:
I have to take a 16’2" double deck to a pick up in Romford…every shift the Garmin tries to route me under a 9’10" bridge FFS! ( yes the vehicle profile is set correctly)
Must be the artificial intelligence idea of avin a larf at those humans’ expense and making a proper job of it.