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DO YOU CARRY A ROAD ATLAS?

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Drift:
Ive got one as I never trust my sat nav ( just upgraded so see what that brings)

I keep my road atlas on view with the thinking that any scum bag will see the atlas and reckon it wont be worth breaking into the car as he doesnt have sat nav  :lol:
The sat nav is never in the car as its on my PDA. :wink:

But it can be difficult to read the atlas when driving  [-X

blackbeltbob:
bought a 2009 Collins one last night for £1.42. Cant hurt to have one in the car for that price.

Disco Matt:
The problem seems to be that a lot of people attempt to delegate all responsibility to their satnavs. I don't think the manufacturers help by putting such a commanding voice on them, but the fact remains that some people clearly do not understand that the satnav doesn't know what you're looking at. It's working from a database quite possibly programmed by someone who has never driven the road you are on.

We have three Tomtom units in the family, I really can't stand that voice ordering me to "turn left" while I'm sat at a red traffic light. The Memory-Map based system I have is like having a road atlas on the dashboard that is always open on the right page and has a position fix shown. You still have to do the map reading and navigation, but you don't have to find the right page in the map book as it has done it for you.

strapping young lad:
im ok cos i know where my parents live and where work is (unfortunately!)

if not i study the route before hand and print out the route, havent used road atlas in years except to stop things sliding in the boot

kizz81:
i have a road atlas and use it all the time when going places as i cant afford a sat nav, theres a perfectly good set of instructions on google maps although that doesnt iclude enough round abouts  :lol:

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