Tell this to the london cabbies who have to know the london A to Z in their heads. Sat nav are as you say a useful tool upon reaching your destination. That is what they are good for. So why pay £400 when Google maps or a £30 ebay one will do the same thing. It is because people think you punch in your post code and just follow it. YOU DON’T use a sat nav like this. They will get you into problems this way. We all see bridge strikes daily and other examples of this happening. It says truck friendly but you need to check every route against a truckers map. End of!
UKtramp:
karl67:
All microlise tablets are sat nav.That was my understanding, it uses CoPilot truck
I now see why the tcnuk pin up model, has gone to work for the towbar, must be a dream job, company supplied co-pilot, and a ■■■■ green outfit, to compliment his model physiqe.
Be Milan and new York catwalks next, modelling for Versace, or Florence and Fred.
UKtramp:
Tell this to the london cabbies who have to know the london A to Z in their heads. Sat nav are as you say a useful tool upon reaching your destination. That is what they are good for. So why pay £400 when Google maps or a £30 ebay one will do the same thing. It is because people think you punch in your post code and just follow it. YOU DON’T use a sat nav like this. They will get you into problems this way. We all see bridge strikes daily and other examples of this happening. It says truck friendly but you need to check every route against a truckers map. End of!
Taxi it is another side of this game.But no so much people know all place in town where he live or some 20 mile around.About bridge simply-wath to road sign properly and we can found 2-3 miles before who will be low bridge.Problem who drivers not all the time read road sign about bridge,speed limit and more.
Andrew.simmons:
half the places I go to, Id never find without a sat nav. .
I’ll guarantee you would mate… fact, unless you are a mute, or some kind of incompetent bufoon.
We all did once. 
UKtramp:
Tell this to the london cabbies who have to know the london A to Z in their heads.
Yeh too right guv, …you know eh eh ?
London cabbie,
Done the knowledge,
If you aint got it,
Well and truly…bollocksed mate.
End of,
Nuff said
Sweet
Sorted…Howwws ya father.
Blinding.
youtu.be/SB_N0Jr_sl4
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UKtramp:
karl67:
All microlise tablets are sat nav.That was my understanding, it uses CoPilot truck
I now see why the tcnuk pin up model, has gone to work for the towbar, must be a dream job, company supplied co-pilot, and a ■■■■ green outfit, to compliment his model physiqe.
Be Milan and new York catwalks next, modelling for Versace, or Florence and Fred.
How true, I am now off strutting my stuff.
robroy:
Andrew.simmons:
half the places I go to, Id never find without a sat nav. .I’ll guarantee you would mate… fact, unless you are a mute, or some kind of incompetent bufoon.
We all did once.
You all did many years ago.
With say 12 drops in an artic starting in Doncaster, 2 leeds, 3 manchester, 3 Wigan, 1 Preston and then 3 Flint, you would be out of time. You cant just pull up to read a map. You dont have time for it.
Theres a reason that truck sat navs were created complete with width, height and weight restrictions.
Andrew.simmons:
robroy:
Andrew.simmons:
half the places I go to, Id never find without a sat nav. .I’ll guarantee you would mate… fact, unless you are a mute, or some kind of incompetent bufoon.
We all did once.You all did many years ago.
With say 12 drops in an artic starting in Doncaster, 2 leeds, 3 manchester, 3 Wigan, 1 Preston and then 3 Flint, you would be out of time. You cant just pull up to read a map. You dont have time for it.
Theres a reason that truck sat navs were created complete with width, height and weight restrictions.
Is that right ■■ Cheers for keeping me right. 
However you basically said before that you could not do your job without a sat nav, which sorry mate is ■■■■■■■■.
The fact that it is easier with a sat nav (I agree btw) is a whole different point.
I don’t know how long you’ve done the job mate, and I aint blowing my own trumpet here just addressing your point, and refuting your claim.
My point is many years ago I used to do bed deliveries to shops and houses all over UK the type of routes you mention, and got on fine even with minimal experience (and a to z maps) .because I had to.
Later years I regularly came out of Belgium with 30 + drops on, into Hull.starting N.England, Scotch, and finishing in Ireland N and S, and managed it with only a brain a map and a gob,…AND quite competently.
Nothing clever in that, it’s standard human brain use and initiative.
I then took to using a car sat nav as an aid and still do today.
So sorry mate, (and no offence btw ) but again, you’re talking ■■■■■■■■.
robroy:
Andrew.simmons:
robroy:
Andrew.simmons:
half the places I go to, Id never find without a sat nav. .I’ll guarantee you would mate… fact, unless you are a mute, or some kind of incompetent bufoon.
We all did once.You all did many years ago.
With say 12 drops in an artic starting in Doncaster, 2 leeds, 3 manchester, 3 Wigan, 1 Preston and then 3 Flint, you would be out of time. You cant just pull up to read a map. You dont have time for it.
Theres a reason that truck sat navs were created complete with width, height and weight restrictions.
Is that right ■■ Cheers for keeping me right.
However you basically said before that you could not do your job without a sat nav, which sorry mate is ■■■■■■■■.
The fact that it is easier with a sat nav (I agree btw) is a whole different point.
I don’t know how long you’ve done the job mate, and I aint blowing my own trumpet here just addressing your point, and refuting your claim.
My point is many years ago I used to do bed deliveries to shops and houses all over UK the type of routes you mention, and got on fine even with minimal experience (and a to z maps) .because I had to.Later years I regularly came out of Belgium with 30 + drops on, into Hull.starting N.England, Scotch, and finishing in Ireland N and S, and managed it with only a brain a map and a gob,…AND quite competently.
Nothing clever in that, it’s standard human brain use and initiative.
I then took to using a car sat nav as an aid and still do today.
So sorry mate, (and no offence btw
Classic. 
Just getting my point across in the nicest way I know.
I do find it difficult though sometimes.
robroy:
Just getting my point across in the nicest way I know.
I do find it difficult though sometimes.
You normally get your point of view across very clearly, sir.
And I did laugh out loud at the last one. Thank you.
Blaming sat navs for bridge strikes is laughable.
ItsJoe:
Blaming sat navs for bridge strikes is laughable.
Absolutely correct.
If the railways will leave them bridges scattered around all over the place its inevitable aint it? No foresight those rail engineers.
ItsJoe:
Blaming sat navs for bridge strikes is laughable.
My point earlier. Like blaming it cos you’re stuck in a width restriction or nicked for going over a bridge with a weight limit. The sat nav told me to do it 
UKtramp:
the nodding donkey:
Yawn…Nothing 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.
Hear Hear!
I take it that the old Isotrac panels will be stripped out as well then?
There shouldn’t be a differential between “Hands Free” and not. They are all as bad as each other.
Next… F&W and their “talk you in” phone calls they make to you on the “hands free” whilst you attempt final approach to farms that involve going down “Unsuitable for HGVs” country lanes… 
ItsJoe:
Blaming sat navs for bridge strikes is laughable.
.
The voices made me do it.
When I was a kid living in midlands there were a few low bridges locally, they used to get hit on a regular basis, even by buses, so cant blame the use of sat navs really, blame on the driver… I use a nav but also plan a route before hand, don’t just blindly follow the nav, and uts those that do is when a major problem occurs. Imho though sat nav is good tech if used properly, but with younger drivers being more tech friendly that’s the way it will go. My kids never even get to read a paper map at school, its all online stuff,
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.
Well done Tesco, my old company have seen sense, they are a pointless distraction, and if you can’t drive a truck without one you need a desk job.
Blindly following the directions of a Satnav is no different to blindly following a route plotted on a paper map or the pre-planned route given by the company - in all three cases if the signs and the feedback from your own Mk1 eyeball says you should not go that way then you shouldn’t go that way. I commend Tesco (and the others that do it) for actually looking at their drops and identifying the most suitable (and acceptable to the local community) approach routes. I do much the same with my employer’s delivery locations (hospitals for the most part). However, having identified the best approach, I will still use every assistance available to me (including my trusty satnav) to actually get onto that approach route. There’s no point whatsoever sitting in an hour’s worth of queuing traffic three miles from the drop when there is a perfectly usable alternative route.
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.
Only a complete halfwit would think it was a good thing. Only a complete braindead moron would think driving down the road trying to follow an A to Z over several pages whilst piloting a 44 tonne lorry through a built up area was a good thing.