Banning sat nav

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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hgvhgv:
if your using a sat nav desinged for a car then you clearly dont have the brains to drive a truck!

clearly not done much trucking then :smiley:

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mkb600:
I’ve always used maps and A-Zs, and now Sat navs, generally to get an idea where the drop is. Personally I am starting to use google maps on my phone which I find really useful!

Banning them is not really viable, and just pointless.
What did we do before satnavs, we used maps and A-Z, before A-Z it was get in the general area (hopefully) and ask!!
Bit more difficult as I now work nights, and can only speak english.

Google maps is brilliant for getting an idea of where a farm or factory may be.
I use Nokia maps, google and t’internet to get me just about everywhere now. Rarely look at a paper map at all :blush:

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I just use the gps dot on my phones google maps to get me in the last mile, very occasionally if running across country I use the routing system to confirm my own planned route and consider others, all backup up with Mk1 eyeballs and a weights and bridges map :slight_smile:

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its easier and cheaper to ban them then
train the driver to use it

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A sat nav is an electronic map .like an email is electronic royal mail…
no more no less
it’s how you use it is all
all these posts about
get a paper map
use for last mile
ask
read
etc etc
it’s the new method and it works ,same as paper maps did,they were never bang uptodate and they didn’t talk to you.
those who preach about map reading go do it don’t criticise the new guys who embrace new technology like volvo i shift/fridges in cab/microwave/night heaters etc.
colour tv/video/cd disc/blue ray to name a few.
yep i love it and if you want to use old ways good luck ,enjoy it.
and yep i’m 59 ,been driving since 17 so have seen all the changes. :slight_smile:

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Santa:
What they are most useful for is the last mile.

They are quite accurate when you get those constant phone calls. “That load is desperate, what time will you be there?”

Easy, “I will be on the doorstep in 1h 27 minutes” :laughing:

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The benefit of a large route planner is you can look at alternatives without adding waypoints.

Do I go through Amiens or Rouen etc?

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I find them useful for every mile. I know this may have the oldies spitting out their tea now but I don’t actually have a paper map in my lorry. Stopped carrying it about a year ago. Just no need

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Wheel Nut:
The benefit of a large route planner is you can look at alternatives without adding waypoints.

Do I go through Amiens or Rouen etc?

Don’t need a route planner, just ask Carryfast :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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Wheel Nut:
The benefit of a large route planner is you can look at alternatives without adding waypoints.

Do I go through Amiens or Rouen etc?

No you go through Paris at 65 mph

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switchlogic:
I find them useful for every mile. I know this may have the oldies spitting out their tea now but I don’t actually have a paper map in my lorry. Stopped carrying it about a year ago. Just no need

=1 But in uk all time so it helps with routing around low bridges etc. and yep at 59 even i can see and even read the bridge signs but with my 530 and truck map i never see one thats below my set height.
magic or just lucky :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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gezt:
A sat nav is an electronic map .like an email is electronic royal mail…
no more no less
it’s how you use it is all
all these posts about
get a paper map
use for last mile
ask
read
etc etc
it’s the new method and it works ,same as paper maps did,they were never bang uptodate and they didn’t talk to you.
those who preach about map reading go do it don’t criticise the new guys who embrace new technology like volvo i shift/fridges in cab/microwave/night heaters etc.
colour tv/video/cd disc/blue ray to name a few.
yep i love it and if you want to use old ways good luck ,enjoy it.
and yep i’m 59 ,been driving since 17 so have seen all the changes. :slight_smile:

Its the same the other way though. I wasn’t going to comment on this thread originally until this was posted

if your using a sat nav desinged for a car then you clearly dont have the brains to drive a truck!

Its a comment like this that gets peoples backs up.

I do use one, but also carry a atlas. And it comes in handy, last week my sat nav had a mardy and wouldn’t work at all mid way through a run, so had to revert to the old method to find a new collection.

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when a moth sees a light, it instinctivly heads straight for it.

sign in front says bridge 13’ 3". trailer is 13’ 6".
the sat nav doesn’t say “after 400 yards hit bridge, then you have reached your destination”.
sat nav + numpty + bridge = bang.

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hgvhgv:
And how will they know if your using one? Common sense is always needed along with an atlas, if your using a sat nav desinged for a car then you clearly dont have the brains to drive a truck!

Sorry this was a bit out of order too many vinos!

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apology accepted :sunglasses:

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switchlogic:

hgvhgv:
And how will they know if your using one? Common sense is always needed along with an atlas, if your using a sat nav desinged for a car then you clearly dont have the brains to drive a truck!

What a strange comment. If you can’t be trusted with a satnav unless it’s a specific truck one then I don’t think you should be driving a truck. I’ve been using a car one for years, no problems yet. But then I don’t blindly follow it, do you?

THIS^^^

So how do all you drivers who don’t have GPS devices find places when they only give you the postcode?

Also, you don’t have to have it set up to tell you where you’re going. Sometimes they can just be used to help estimate time and distance or as a handsfree system for your phone if you’re an agency driver. Then there’s the traffic updates to stop us sitting in the tailbacks with all the map only guys and the guided tours to add a little more interest to an otherwise boring run you’ve done a hundred times and know the area where you’re going like the back of your hand. I used to know someone who had several with comedy voices and just set them all up to argue with each other for the fun of it. There’s more and more things they’re genuinely useful for these days though and as they get better they’re going to become a must-have tool for all lorry drivers.

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another thing i find them useful for is knowing how far away the next r/b is.

58

commonrail:
another thing i find them useful for is knowing how far away the next r/b is.

r/b■■?

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roundabout

60

commonrail:
roundabout

Oh. I was trying to think what you could mean. :smiley:
That could go for speed cameras, weight limits and low bridges as well that.
Someone showed me one of the newer tom toms lately and you could put a company name in and it would come up with address and phone number as well as plan the route for you. I think it’s called tom tom live or something like that.