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Author: | oceanicitl [ Wed May 03, 2017 1:28 pm ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs | |||||||||
What do they use if they don't own a sat nav? Do you class map apps on smartphones as sat navs as I do? I'd be more inclined to get new drivers to learn how to use maps as young people are OK with technology but lack in old school skills. |
Author: | BigRedX [ Wed May 03, 2017 3:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs |
My experience of using Google Maps as a satnav, is that for city driving it is too slow to respond, and unless you have a second person doing the navigating with the phone for help, you are generally past any turning before the app tells you to turn. |
Author: | pcernie [ Wed May 03, 2017 3:04 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs |
Over here is so small you use Google Maps and follow the signs when you're close! But we're talking 6 small counties here. +1 X. |
Author: | big_D [ Wed May 03, 2017 3:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs |
As I said before, I managed a couple of decades without a satnav and I found I get lost more when following the satnav than when I follow road signs... |
Author: | oceanicitl [ Wed May 03, 2017 3:24 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs |
I use the Apple maps and 99.99% of the time they get me exactly where I want to be and I don't need anyone else to read it. When compared to other sites such as AA/RAC they are more reliable too and show when traffic is busy. |
Author: | oceanicitl [ Wed May 03, 2017 3:24 pm ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs | |||||||||
Sop why don't people you know have sat navs? lol |
Author: | pcernie [ Wed May 03, 2017 3:52 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs | ||||||||||||||||||
They used to! What I'm getting at is not many people seem to use actual sat navs anymore. No need to maintain one really with Google Maps. |
Author: | l3v1ck [ Wed May 03, 2017 9:48 pm ] | |||||||||
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs | |||||||||
Yep. By the time it tells me to exit a roundabout, I've already exited the roundabout. |
Author: | big_D [ Thu May 04, 2017 4:45 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs |
That is the biggest problem. Often, when driving in town, I look at a junction and think, "I need to turn here." I then look at the satnav / Google Maps and they say carry straight on for another 50M. 5M later, as I am in the middle of the junction and it is too late to turn, it suddenly says I missed my turning and starts to calculate a new route... If only I had followed my intuition instead of following the directions of the satnav, I would have saved a lot of time and stress. Gernerally I look at a map before I set off and only turn the satnav on as a last resort. |
Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Thu May 04, 2017 7:11 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs |
I've happily used my car's OEM satnav for the past 8-9 years. One of the features it has is an overlay window that can be adjusted to various things eg compass direction, how many miles/metres to next junction or turn. But it can also list the next three roads/turnpoints, along with distance and estimated time to get there. It means I can look out for the road names in real life and correlate with the map and the list. |
Author: | oceanicitl [ Thu May 04, 2017 10:39 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Obviously google maps are not to the same standard as the apple ones |
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