Before the days of sat nav.....

[Brandane]

As a good truck driver should, I use both satnav and maps. Admittedly my satnav is not HGV specific so won't warn you about low bridges, so I have a truckers map for those. I'm only a part time HGV driver so I'm not going to be forking out the stupid money they want for an HGV satnav.
I find a satnav handy for getting you to a specific street in a town; but for planning longer distance routes I will use a map. Maps are also much better for finding your way around road closures and the multitude of hold ups you tend to come across on a daily basis.

 

[Saluki]

I do as well, I had to have a quick flick through each one before I binned them.

Is it too late to get them out of the bin? They are very saleable on gumtree. We sold all ours and went out for a meal on the proceeds.

 

[jefmcg]

...............I used to argue with Mrs D a bit (especially when I saw her turning an atlas upside down).

Why did this upset you? Some people don't find it as easy as other people to turn a map in their head. I'm a map turner, for instance, and I also hate using sat nav if it's consistently pointing north (on the other hand, if I am route plotting, I prefer to leave north upwards and any other orientation confuses me. That's on a paper map or an electronic one.

 

[Diggs]

Stupid memor

Why did this upset you? Some people don't find it as easy as other people to turn a map in their head. I'm a map turner, for instance, and I also hate using sat nav if it's consistently pointing north (on the other hand, if I am route plotting, I prefer to leave north upwards and any other orientation confuses me. That's on a paper map or an electronic one.

Actually just to qualify that, it wasn't so much the orientation of the map, it was just that it was a signal that she sort of lost track a bit and was quickly trying to figure out where we were. It was meant a little tongue in cheek

 

[Drago]

thats only because your car is so massive @Drago

Not quite so massive these days I'm afraid bud. Gone all sensibleish...

 

[stephec]

Is it too late to get them out of the bin? They are very saleable on gumtree. We sold all ours and went out for a meal on the proceeds.

Seriously?

Did the buyers want to use or collect them?

There's at least twenty of them.

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Them were the days of the street map , drive five streets and stop , re check , another five and stop , then turn and stop , re check , drive and stop. it used to take almost as long to find the street once you were within 1 mile than the 20 miles it took to get there in the first place.
I still have a case full of them in the loft, and they are staying there.

 

[tyred]

Am I the only one who doesn't have sat nav nowadays?

I'm not anti-sat nav, just very rarely need to find specific addresses in large towns while driving so never felt the need to buy one.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Am I the only one who doesn't have sat nav nowadays?

I'm not anti-sat nav, just very rarely need to find specific addresses in large towns while driving so never felt the need to buy one.

I still cycle with an O.S. map in my bag just in case

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Seriously?

Did the buyers want to use or collect them?

There's at least twenty of them.

It isn't said where the meal was though!

 

[stephec]

It isn't said where the meal was though!

I was thinking KFC myself, @Saluki 's a classy bird though so I'm saying Beefeater.

 

[Saluki]

I was thinking KFC myself, @Saluki 's a classy bird though so I'm saying Beefeater.

Actually it was The Spotgate Inn at Hildestone

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

...............I used to argue with Mrs D a bit (especially when I saw her turning an atlas upside down).

My Mum does/did that. She had to read it in the direction of travel, not in an up and down, north to south way.

Not quite so massive these days I'm afraid bud. Gone all sensibleish... View attachment 101341

Those wheel arches!!

 

[tyred]

I still cycle with an O.S. map in my bag just in case

When I did my first cycle tour a few years ago, I bought an OS map of the area I was going to -and forgot to take it with me

I have never cycle toured with either a map or a sat nav. I decided getting lost is half the fun!

 

[mybike]

thats only because your car is so massive @Drago

I'll assume he needs them to find his way around the car.