Quote: Originally posted by Bodgeit`n`bash*t on 08/7/2009
The point I was trying to make was that used correctly Sat Navs are a useful tool. Used in conjunction with a good dose of common sense and a road map they are great. I admit that some people ask too much of them and expect them to be in fallible and there lies the problem.
I travel to europe towng once a year so I rely on a Sat-Nav to give me an advance clue as to the upcoming road lay-out which I find takes the stress out of busy motorway junctions and by-passes when I am sat on the "wrong" side of the car.
Before I set off though I have had a good look at the map to familiarise myself with the route.
If you dont like Sat-Navs thats fine. I find them useful and a valuable safety aid. Each to thier own.
totally agree, the sat nav relies on mapped roads and whether they are A,B or unclassified roads, its not the satnavs fault if a road is classified as a B road and its single track its the mapping companies fault.
We have a strange country where we have very old roads that are still mapped but don't exist! some hang up from the war i think! to confuse the germans!
As mentioned just use common sense, tomtom is best by far, I've tried different ones on my travels, but if the sign says M6 this way dont go the other way just because the satnav tells you too, also if your towing and cannot afford mistakes do as mentioned and check the calculated route on a map first.
The best thing I find on my business travels in busy cities etc is that i know which lane to be in way before any signposts.
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