Got to say that using a sat nav as an aid to overtaking is definitely a new one on me. 
Whatever happened to judgement and anticipation ?
âŚor am I behind the times even further than what I thought.
If so I think I prefer it that way.
UKtramp:
robroy:
I know exactly what you mean mate.
We also have those invertebrate â â â â â â types at our place, but there is a group below these sorry arsed tossers in the food chain, believe it or not.
The type that swallow all the crap about ââIt being for your own goodââ.
Thatâs bad enough, but they go on to repeat this â â â â â â â â , usually followed by the old chestnutâŚ
.ââWhat have you got to worry about if you are doing nothing wrongââ
Just look back on this forum alone to how many times this has been said when this type of crap crops up for discussion.And the rest who say join a union to prevent this from ever happening.
Say what you like bud, but I reckon if there was a Union present in that particular firm, the drivers would not have to suffer the indignity (and more so insult) of having a camera shoved in their boat all day long.
Iâd love to say and believe that I was amazed that some drivers tolerate it, but sadly Iâm not.
UKtramp:
the nodding donkey:
YawnâŚNothing to yawn about here donkey. This is a good move by a leading supermarket. I hate SatNavs and I hate drivers who just follow them.
Could be because you are too stupid to use them as a guide rather than a firm instruction.
Sat navs are a valuable tool if used right.
You will also be glad to know your new favorite marketing company, you know the rabble that just took you on?? are rolling out satnav across the entire fleet as part of the on-board IT system. You will be expected to use it and use it properly soon or they will no doubt dock your pay.
robroy:
Got to say that using a sat nav as an aid to overtaking is definitely a new one on me.
Whatever happened to judgement and anticipation ?
âŚor am I behind the times even further than what I thought.
If so I think I prefer it that way.
Makes perfect sense to me now. On an unfamiliar motorway, you know you want the next exit, but are unsure how far off it is. By using the satnav you avoid being one of those drivers who overtakes, then uses the very next exit. Its not being behind the times its an aid to old fashioned courtesy.
Franglais:
robroy:
Got to say that using a sat nav as an aid to overtaking is definitely a new one on me.
Whatever happened to judgement and anticipation ?
âŚor am I behind the times even further than what I thought.
If so I think I prefer it that way.Makes perfect sense to me now. On an unfamiliar motorway, you know you want the next exit, but are unsure how far off it is. By using the satnav you avoid being one of those drivers who overtakes, then uses the very next exit. It
s not being behind the times its an aid to old fashioned courtesy.
Aaah right, I get it now
I obviously I didnât see the ladâs point.
Maybe Iâm just getting a bit quick to jump where sat navs are concerned, I just find it a bit pathetic these guys who rely on them to tell them every bloody thing instead of using their own swedes.
The type who would be terrified to leave the yard if their sat navs packed in, but I bet some sure as hell carry a spare just in caseâŚ
robroy:
Got to say that using a sat nav as an aid to overtaking is definitely a new one on me.
Whatever happened to judgement and anticipation ?
âŚor am I behind the times even further than what I thought.
If so I think I prefer it that way.
Nothing wrong with itâŚits called moving on with the timesâŚusing everything available to me to make my job easier and to keep everything safe.
Some people have missed the point i was trying to make, but if they do not get it, furry â â â â âŚbut it does not make it 1 bit dangerous or silly.
And yesâŚi do look at all the signs, i do plan routes and i do not drive by my sat nav. Its a guide and a tool to make the job easier, but not to be relied upon. I often ignore its routes in towns as they are unsuitable.
*awaits a pefetic response from people again *
HGV:
robroy:
Got to say that using a sat nav as an aid to overtaking is definitely a new one on me.
Whatever happened to judgement and anticipation ?
âŚor am I behind the times even further than what I thought.
If so I think I prefer it that way.Nothing wrong with itâŚits called moving on with the timesâŚusing everything available to me to make my job easier and to keep everything safe.
Some people have missed the point i was trying to make, but if they do not get it, furry â â â â âŚbut it does not make it 1 bit dangerous or silly.
And yesâŚi do look at all the signs, i do plan routes and i do not drive by my sat nav. Its a guide and a tool to make the job easier, but not to be relied upon. I often ignore its routes in towns as they are unsuitable.
*awaits a pefetic response from people again
Sort of changed your tune now, this isnât what you said before.
HGV:
robroy:
Got to say that using a sat nav as an aid to overtaking is definitely a new one on me.
Whatever happened to judgement and anticipation ?
âŚor am I behind the times even further than what I thought.
If so I think I prefer it that way.Nothing wrong with itâŚits called moving on with the timesâŚusing everything available to me to make my job easier and to keep everything safe.
Some people have missed the point i was trying to make, but if they do not get it, furry â â â â âŚbut it does not make it 1 bit dangerous or silly.
And yesâŚi do look at all the signs, i do plan routes and i do not drive by my sat nav. Its a guide and a tool to make the job easier, but not to be relied upon. I often ignore its routes in towns as they are unsuitable.
*awaits a pefetic response from people again
No need for the âfurry â â â â â in my direction mate, and there wonât be an err⌠âpefetic responseâ 
from me either.
Iâve already admitted that I missed your point if you look. 
You apparentlly do use your sat nav correctlly, if what you say is true. As for using ââeverything available to youââ thatâs your choice.
I personally donât need ââeverything availableââ to me to do my job, so I chose just to use a cheap car sat nav as a guide, rather than a 3 to 400 quid job, and manage ok.
I simply could not be arsed with something telling me every little detail to carry out, as I prefer to use old fashioned initiative.
Not knocking you btw, just giving my pov as a comparison.
UKtramp:
HGV:
robroy:
Got to say that using a sat nav as an aid to overtaking is definitely a new one on me.
Whatever happened to judgement and anticipation ?
âŚor am I behind the times even further than what I thought.
If so I think I prefer it that way.Nothing wrong with itâŚits called moving on with the timesâŚusing everything available to me to make my job easier and to keep everything safe.
Some people have missed the point i was trying to make, but if they do not get it, furry â â â â âŚbut it does not make it 1 bit dangerous or silly.
And yesâŚi do look at all the signs, i do plan routes and i do not drive by my sat nav. Its a guide and a tool to make the job easier, but not to be relied upon. I often ignore its routes in towns as they are unsuitable.
*awaits a pefetic response from people again
Sort of changed your tune now, this isnât what you said before.
How i have i changed my tune? Iv not said anything different
robroy:
HGV:
robroy:
Got to say that using a sat nav as an aid to overtaking is definitely a new one on me.
Whatever happened to judgement and anticipation ?
âŚor am I behind the times even further than what I thought.
If so I think I prefer it that way.Nothing wrong with itâŚits called moving on with the timesâŚusing everything available to me to make my job easier and to keep everything safe.
Some people have missed the point i was trying to make, but if they do not get it, furry â â â â âŚbut it does not make it 1 bit dangerous or silly.
And yesâŚi do look at all the signs, i do plan routes and i do not drive by my sat nav. Its a guide and a tool to make the job easier, but not to be relied upon. I often ignore its routes in towns as they are unsuitable.
*awaits a pefetic response from people again
No need for the âfurry â â â â â in my direction mate, and there wonât be an err⌠âpefetic responseâ
Iâve already admitted that I missed your point if you look.You apparentlly do use your sat nav correctlly, if what you say is true. As for using ââeverything available to youââ thatâs your choice.
I personally donât need ââeverything availableââ to me to do my job, so I chose just to use a cheap car sat nav as a guide, rather than a 3 to 400 quid job, and manage ok.
I simply could not be arsed with something telling me every little detail to carry out, as I prefer to use old fashioned initiative.
Not knocking you btw, just giving my pov as a comparison.
WhatâŚyou dont want a furry â â â â in your direction
And i read you missed my point ( i am quite â â â â â at explaing stuff in writing tbf)
I use to use a garmin car sat nav when i was a coach driver and used it in the same manor as i do my tom tom. I only got this for the help in avoidance with weight limited areas (obv in coaches majority did not apply to me)
But as i have always been taught, if somthing is available to make your life/job that bit easier, use it lol
But i do not have anything telling me every little thing to do ( except the wife lol)
IndigoJo:
I did a couple of daysâ agency driving last December for their RDC in Reading and they give you a ârisk-assessedâ route and you had to use it, so the assumption, I guess, is that you donât need a sat-nav other than to âdisobey ordersâ. The problem of course comes when the route prescribed is blocked or has roadworks and the longer alternative route would be quicker. At Reading, itâs all contracted to Maritime, and I was working through a subcontractor so that didnât apply to me, and Iâm guessing the same is true of other depots (even if the contractor is different).The bizarre thing is that their trailers donât have proper height indicators; they have a âbox heightâ indicator, a bit like a shipping container, but you know to add 5ft to the height of a shipping container and I didnât know how to work out the overall height of these trucks. (We had 6x2 Actros units, which werenât even compatible with some of Tescoâs trailers.)
Tesco units have microlise installed with pre planned routes displayed, that will (most of the time lol) direct you from DC to store to store etc & then back to DC, theyâve got the cheap version meaning some of the routes may not be suitable, pretty poor system, I go the way I want to go if I know an easier route.
Maritime donât do all the transport at Reading, they do a small percentage, most of it is in house, Tesco have about 125 of their own units
UKtramp:
karl67:
Itâs not new always been the policy at tesco.Well it is new to me as I have not done Tesco before, I think its great.
ready some 3-5 years at Tesco can t use sat nav./
Franglais:
robroy:
Got to say that using a sat nav as an aid to overtaking is definitely a new one on me.
Whatever happened to judgement and anticipation ?
âŚor am I behind the times even further than what I thought.
If so I think I prefer it that way.Makes perfect sense to me now. On an unfamiliar motorway, you know you want the next exit, but are unsure how far off it is. By using the satnav you avoid being one of those drivers who overtakes, then uses the very next exit. It
s not being behind the times its an aid to old fashioned courtesy.
And that is exactly what I was meaning, It also tells the driver exactly what time to his / her destination.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
selby newcomer:
IndigoJo:
I did a couple of daysâ agency driving last December for their RDC in Reading and they give you a ârisk-assessedâ route and you had to use it, so the assumption, I guess, is that you donât need a sat-nav other than to âdisobey ordersâ. The problem of course comes when the route prescribed is blocked or has roadworks and the longer alternative route would be quicker. At Reading, itâs all contracted to Maritime, and I was working through a subcontractor so that didnât apply to me, and Iâm guessing the same is true of other depots (even if the contractor is different).The bizarre thing is that their trailers donât have proper height indicators; they have a âbox heightâ indicator, a bit like a shipping container, but you know to add 5ft to the height of a shipping container and I didnât know how to work out the overall height of these trucks. (We had 6x2 Actros units, which werenât even compatible with some of Tescoâs trailers.)
Tesco units have microlise installed with pre planned routes displayed, that will (most of the time lol) direct you from DC to store to store etc & then back to DC, theyâve got the cheap version meaning some of the routes may not be suitable, pretty poor system, I go the way I want to go if I know an easier route.
Maritime donât do all the transport at Reading, they do a small percentage, most of it is in house, Tesco have about 125 of their own units
Stobart use microlise system with CoPilot truck installed but it disables for the Tesco work, you have to follow their own SSOW. I really donât mind using either as I always check my routes with a road atlas anyway.
Serious question, do any of the satnavs have a yard shunting mode? Iâm asking for uhh a friend of course.
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 would a company ban sat nav use, and ban you or sack you? Utter Bullpoo.
I use a truck satnav. I also use these very useful 2 items called eyeballs and a brain, which I use to look at the road and street signs to navigate my way around the country.
Why not just go back to using horse and carts, then there would be no bridge strikes or HGVs stuck on country lanesâŚOR just ban every dumb F**k who seems to have a HGV license in this country these days.
edit 3 items if anyone wants to be pedantic and class eyeballs as 2 items!
Swordsy:
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 would a company ban sat nav use, and ban you or sack you? Utter Bullpoo.
I use a truck satnav. I also use these very useful 2 items called eyeballs and a brain, which I use to look at the road and street signs to navigate my way around the country.
Why not just go back to using horse and carts, then there would be no bridge strikes or HGVs stuck on country lanesâŚOR just ban every dumb F**k who seems to have a HGV license in this country these days.
edit 3 items if anyone wants to be pedantic and class eyeballs as 2 items!
It isnât singling out satnav bans for the sake of it, a sat nav will route you the quickest roads which could affect Tesco operating licence for their shops. A lot of the Tesco express permissions were granted providing certain sized vehicles follow a pre determined route to the stores, reasons are many. Therefor they set down their own routes in which you have to follow. A satnav could and probably would route you differently to these stores. So if you do not abide by their rules they donât want you, I agree with it how could you not?
UKtramp:
selby newcomer:
IndigoJo:
I did a couple of daysâ agency driving last December for their RDC in Reading and they give you a ârisk-assessedâ route and you had to use it, so the assumption, I guess, is that you donât need a sat-nav other than to âdisobey ordersâ. The problem of course comes when the route prescribed is blocked or has roadworks and the longer alternative route would be quicker. At Reading, itâs all contracted to Maritime, and I was working through a subcontractor so that didnât apply to me, and Iâm guessing the same is true of other depots (even if the contractor is different).The bizarre thing is that their trailers donât have proper height indicators; they have a âbox heightâ indicator, a bit like a shipping container, but you know to add 5ft to the height of a shipping container and I didnât know how to work out the overall height of these trucks. (We had 6x2 Actros units, which werenât even compatible with some of Tescoâs trailers.)
Tesco units have microlise installed with pre planned routes displayed, that will (most of the time lol) direct you from DC to store to store etc & then back to DC, theyâve got the cheap version meaning some of the routes may not be suitable, pretty poor system, I go the way I want to go if I know an easier route.
Maritime donât do all the transport at Reading, they do a small percentage, most of it is in house, Tesco have about 125 of their own units
Stobart use microlise system with CoPilot truck installed but it disables for the Tesco work, you have to follow their own SSOW. I really donât mind using either as I always check my routes with a road atlas anyway.
Microlise sistem dont have sat nav.This devise just to many thing but no sat nav inside.
Andrejs:
Microlise sistem dont have sat nav.This devise just to many thing but no sat nav inside.
The Stobart one does, it utilises CoPilot, I did the training for it. microlise.com/news-events/ed ⌠e-rollout/
All microlise tablets are sat nav.