HGV:
Well you must be right.what with all your knowledge. I must be such a dangerous driver. Someone must take it from me straight away
Next time when im on the motorway and aproaching a junction i shall ignore my distance to next stob and go for the overtake and cut in no mater what
Infact lets ban overtaking all together shall we. There for you will be safe eh
In your case then yes. Do just that, ban yourself from overtaking if you need to look at your satnav to check it out for you.
UKtramp:
HGV:
Well you must be right.what with all your knowledge. I must be such a dangerous driver. Someone must take it from me straight away
Next time when im on the motorway and aproaching a junction i shall ignore my distance to next stob and go for the overtake and cut in no mater what
Infact lets ban overtaking all together shall we. There for you will be safe ehIn your case then yes. Do just that, ban yourself from overtaking if you need to look at your satnav to check it out for you.
A bit of a tip for you here. You donât find too many T junctions or give ways on a motorway, and slip roads along with junctions, exits are marked down for you with some pretty big blue signs. I suggest you look at those rather than your satnav to judge overtaking distances, another good tip for you is the distance written in miles on signs to your destination, they can be quite handy too. 
UKtramp:
A bit of a tip for you here. You donât find too many T junctions or give ways on a motorway, and slip roads along with junctions, exits are marked down for you with some pretty big blue signs. I suggest you look at those rather than your satnav to judge overtaking distances, another good tip for you is the distance written in miles on signs to your destination, they can be quite handy too.
Why thank you for the obvious oh lord of knowledge 
I have never noticed any of them the last 13 years up and down the uk 
There again i must of been purely fixated on my sat nav since im useless
HGV:
UKtramp:
A bit of a tip for you here. You donât find too many T junctions or give ways on a motorway, and slip roads along with junctions, exits are marked down for you with some pretty big blue signs. I suggest you look at those rather than your satnav to judge overtaking distances, another good tip for you is the distance written in miles on signs to your destination, they can be quite handy too.Why thank you for the obvious oh lord of knowledge
I have never noticed any of them the last 13 years up and down the uk
Open your bloody eyes then 
Nothing wrong with sat navs IF used properly, I used to use a car one purely for the last few miles off the motorway but only with a bit of common sense, not blindly following it.
I think itâs safer than looking at a map on the steering wheel, or counting the side roads before your road etc.
Also I had to divert around a city once because of gridlock, never been to this city before so I put the nav onto aerial view and zoomed out so I was looking down on a map of this city with a red dot showing where I was, invaluable, as I could see my delivery point and where I was going in relation, and what roads looked big enough for me to get down, and provided no weight limits or bridges then Iâd use that route.
when I went for a induction at Tescos Peterborough, think it was about 2006 satnavs were banned then. A driver followed his satnav into Cambridge, went passed the store from the wrong direction, did a uturn and killed a Russian student with the tail swing of the trailer.
There route maps where simple to follow and up to date (havenât driven for them since 2011 but guess they been updated)
HGV:
Why thank you for the obvious oh lord of knowledgeI have never noticed any of them the last 13 years up and down the uk
And so you now use a satnav to plan your overtaking ? Just a bit of a hunch is that you donât really have a HGV licence at all do you now.
UKtramp:
HGV:
Why thank you for the obvious oh lord of knowledgeI have never noticed any of them the last 13 years up and down the uk
And so you now use a satnav to plan your overtaking ? Just a bit of a hunch is that you donât really have a HGV licence at all do you now.
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Life was so much simpler in the old days with an AtoZ map book.
HGV:
Franglais:
HGV:
Sod thatâŚi love having my sat nav on, not just used for directions.Granted i can get to where i need to be with out it, and i do often ignore its route and use my own ways at times but its much more then a route planner to me.
Ideal for knowing how long to next shop or yard, wether i have enough time. How long to the next junction, will i have enough time to complete the overtake safetly. And most importantlyâŚthe speed.
I always have a nice truck map to hand and then of course the phone for google maps, like tescos my work has set routes etc at some shops.
I just think a sat nav can be as valuble to the job as a map now a days.
Just my view
Would you care to explain that bit please?
Quite obvious reallyâŚi have extra speed on the wagon infront, i know im approaching a junction, i look and its say 3 or 4 miles away, i pull out and overtake and pull back in at a safe distance with enough time to exit at my junction. Therefore not cutting in at last minute to exit.
Seems a good answer to me. Thanks for explaining that.
Franglais:
Seems a good answer to me. Thanks for explaining that.
Really? Another great tip is read the bloody white lines on the road,
Jesus wept
In an ideal world it shouldnât take 3 miles to complete an overtake.
However, back in the REAL world we have knobs who will not simply ease the CC back 2 kmâs for a few seconds to help facilitate an efficient overtake by the faster wagon. (Presumably because another vehicle going past you must render you infertile or something )
Itâs because most truck drivers sadly are a waste of usable organs.
UKtramp:
Franglais:
Seems a good answer to me. Thanks for explaining that.Really? Another great tip is read the bloody white lines on the road,
Least someone gets what i mean in stead of taking it wrong way
But i will let you carry onâŚquite amusing really. Made this hour n half sat in car pass quikly
eagerbeaver:
In an ideal world it shouldnât take 3 miles to complete an overtake.However, back in the REAL world we have knobs who will not simply ease the CC back 2 kmâs for a few seconds to help facilitate an efficient overtake by the faster wagon. (Presumably because another vehicle going past you must render you infertile or something
Itâs because most truck drivers sadly are a waste of usable organs.
Totally correct. But can you ever predict if the driver is going to ease off?
I look to see how quick i am been over taken and if its causing a hold up. Like you say it only takes a few seconds to ease off to let soneone pastâŚeveryones happy and carrying on as normal
HGV:
UKtramp:
Franglais:
Seems a good answer to me. Thanks for explaining that.Really? Another great tip is read the bloody white lines on the road,
Least someone gets what i mean in stead of taking it wrong way
But i will let you carry onâŚquite amusing really. Made this hour n half sat in car pass quikly
I am sure like I said there is more than just you with this mentality.
UKtramp:
I was in a CPC course today and was pleased to hear, Tesco have banned the use of truck satnav use. If you are caught using a truck satnav you will be banned from their sites and could lose your job. I think this will be introduced by a lot of companies now and is in my opinion a good thing. You have to use a traditional map and they even check that you have one. Lets hope this continues and other firms quickly follow.
Why do you test a different satnav every week ?
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James.908:
UKtramp:
I was in a CPC course today and was pleased to hear, Tesco have banned the use of truck satnav use. If you are caught using a truck satnav you will be banned from their sites and could lose your job. I think this will be introduced by a lot of companies now and is in my opinion a good thing. You have to use a traditional map and they even check that you have one. Lets hope this continues and other firms quickly follow.Why do you test a different satnav every week ?
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It is because I know howto use one correctly and to determine which is the best for the HGV driver to use, not to be used for this sort of application and certainly not to use as an overtaking tool or as an aid for conducting any road maneuvers. They are widely used by a large number and a wide range of drivers, in the hands of the wrong person, a satnav will almost certainly get you into problems.
UKtramp:
James.908:
UKtramp:
I was in a CPC course today and was pleased to hear, Tesco have banned the use of truck satnav use. If you are caught using a truck satnav you will be banned from their sites and could lose your job. I think this will be introduced by a lot of companies now and is in my opinion a good thing. You have to use a traditional map and they even check that you have one. Lets hope this continues and other firms quickly follow.Why do you test a different satnav every week ?
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It is because I know howto use one correctly and to determine which is the best for the HGV driver to use, not to be used for this sort of application and certainly not to use as an overtaking tool or as an aid for conducting any road maneuvers. They are widely used by a large number and a wide range of drivers, in the hands of the wrong person, a satnav will almost certainly get you into problems.
Whatâs the best one for a tesco driver ?
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