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Quote: Originally posted by Ewen c on 02/10/2023
Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 02/10/2023
Well, our sat nav had a field day yesterday. Travelling from Luton to Sittingbourne. First she wanted to take us the long way around the M25, then was intent on trying to take us off at nearly every junction, including the A13 just before the Dartford Bridge!
I have a fully updated Garmin on the motorbike. If I put it to avoid motorways, it takes me down single track roads with grass up the middle. No A roads, these couldn't even be classed as B.
Think it's the classic case of 'engage brain, disengage sat nav' and don't drive into the duck pond or off the cliff just because the sat nav says so!
My inbuilt TomTom system in the car frequently does 'odd things' that differ from the stand alone TomTom unit I have (which is pretty good apart from odd times voice guidance says turn one way and map says turn the exact opposite way!!!! - map is correct!), it has a near obsession with taking me off motorways, around the junction roundabout, and then back on the motorway! WTF is that about! I of course ignore it and just continue on the main carriageway, and not once have I encountered any legitimate reason why I should have deviated around the slip road/roundabout!
Been trialling (before trusting implicitly!) a new sat nav app (Magic Earth) on my phone that allows me to set vehicle to car plus caravan (inbuilt car system and standalone TomTom are not capable of that) and using caravan friendly routes, seems quite impressive in many ways, BUT is has thrown a wobbler or two when planning journeys. Example, looking to do Welwyn Garden City, Herts, to Rye, East Sussex, initially gave 3 route options which were all viable possibilities, even had roadworks and traffic info/delays, then it went haywire! Wanted to send me partially (no actual roads!) cross country as the crow flies to southern Ireland, then more or less coast hugging but again 'as the crow flies' back to Rye BUT with no ferry services operating that route! So I'd have to be part car-caravan, part bird, part boat to follow that weird route! Needless to say my trust in it is not that high at the moment, think it needs a few updates to sort glitches!
No two ways about it, you really can't put 100% faith in any sat nav, you do need to think about your journey and have a mental back up plan for when the gizmo goes crazy!
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