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DO YOU CARRY A ROAD ATLAS?

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mobi:
i do 70-80k a year and never carry a map with me. sometimes i have a sat-nav but it's only to tell me where the speed cams are :lol:

Terranger:
I always carry an atlas. Mainly because;
A) I don't want to arrive in a dodgy area where I'm unfamiliar with, and get my sat nav nicked,
and
B) I don't trust their reliability, due to the fact satellites can only give you a bird's eye view of the route you're taking. (Or has technology passed me by...,again?)

Anyway, isn't it nice to pull over, get the map out,  pour a beverage and peruse an atlas, then carry on your journey?

Boddle:

--- Quote from: Terranger on August 05, 2008, 11:05:25 ---Anyway, isn't it nice to pull over, get the map out,  pour a beverage and peruse an atlas, then carry on your journey?

--- End quote ---

 Yes, Take a few minutes to look round even get out and walk round. The reason I use Memory - Map is that it doesn't tell you where to go (unless Flightless is navigating for me), I still have to work out where I'm going before hand(which Steve has forgotten on a few occassions).
 Although I do still believe most of the issues with Sat Navs has to do with people  not setting them up correctly (setting which roads they prefer to use)

Terranger:
Yes, I carry an atlas.
I don't own a sat-nav, as they're unreliable.
November 2008, I'd decided to go to a 4x4 show in Perth, Australia.
My sister set up the satnav, and we got lost. My passengers, my Nephew, and his mate, had no idea where we were.
I delved into the glovebox and took out the tourist streetmap in the hired car, and followed that, which took me within 1/4 mile of the area I needed, and then we followed, the 4x4 enthusiasts to the park.
Considering it was my first time, ever, in Perth, I did rather well.

One of my colleagues was sent on a private hire, (I'm a bus driver, btw), to Aberdeen. He was to take the punters to their venue, and, I was to pick them up later.
When I phoned him for directions, he said he had no idea,and, when I asked why, he answered,"I followed my sat-nav".
So, it was down to the good old streetmap, to find my punters.

People are too reliant on computers, and too lazy to use their brains.

landroverkeith:
Yup always Carry a Map in the Back of the Motor if i remember correctly it was new in 1995 so almost time to get a new one when the cover completly Falls off..

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